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['tʃesnʌt] 1.1) (nut) castagna f.2) (anche chestnut tree) (sweet) castagno m.; (horse) castagno m. d'India, ippocastano m.3) (wood) castagno m.4) (horse) sauro m.5) fig. (joke)2.modificatore [cream, stuffing] di castagne3.* * *1.1) (a reddish-brown nut (one type being edible).) castagna2) (a reddish-brown horse.) cavallo sauro3) (a boring old joke or story.) vecchia barzelletta2. adjective(of the colour of ripe chestnuts: chestnut hair.) castano* * *chestnut /ˈtʃɛsnʌt/A n.3 [u] (legno di) castagno6 (vet.) castagna; castagnettaB a.● chestnut brown, (color) castano □ (fig.) an old chestnut, aneddoto, battuta, argomento, canzone, ecc., arcinota; cosa risaputa; cosa trita e ritrita □ (fig.) to pull sb. 's chestnuts out of the fire, cavar le castagne dal fuoco a q.* * *['tʃesnʌt] 1.1) (nut) castagna f.2) (anche chestnut tree) (sweet) castagno m.; (horse) castagno m. d'India, ippocastano m.3) (wood) castagno m.4) (horse) sauro m.5) fig. (joke)2.modificatore [cream, stuffing] di castagne3. -
2 chestnut chest·nut
['tʃɛsˌnʌt]1. n(fruit) castagna, (chestnut tree) castagnosweet chestnut — (tree) castagno comune or dolce
2. adj
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