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chestnut ['tʃesnʌt]1 noun∎ figurative to pull sb's chestnuts out of the fire tirer les marrons du feu à qn(b) (horse) chestnut marron m (d'Inde);∎ (horse) chestnut tree marronnier m d'Inde∎ old chestnut plaisanterie f rebattue ou éculée(colour, hair) châtain; (horse) alezan(blossom, wood) de châtaignier; (stuffing) aux marrons1 nounchâtain m invchâtain (inv);chestnut purée crème f de marrons;chestnut tree châtaignier m -
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horse [hɔ:s]cheval m• stop horsing about! arrêtez de chahuter !* * *[hɔːs]1) cheval mthe horses — (colloq) fig ( horseracing) les courses fpl (de chevaux)
3) Military [U] cavalerie f•Phrasal Verbs:••to flog GB ou beat US a dead horse — (colloq) perdre sa peine et son temps
hold your horses! — (colloq) arrêtez!, une minute!
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horse [hɔ:s, pl hɔ:sɪz]1 noun∎ to ride a horse monter à cheval;∎ he fell off his horse il a fait une chute de cheval;∎ to play the horses jouer aux courses;∎ also figurative to back the wrong horse miser sur le mauvais cheval;∎ familiar I could eat a horse! j'ai une faim de loup!;∎ to eat like a horse manger comme quatre;∎ (straight) from the horse's mouth de source sûre;∎ British that's a horse of a different colour c'est une autre paire de manches;∎ to get on one's high horse monter sur ses grands chevaux;∎ wild horses couldn't drag it out of me je serai muet comme une tombe(b) (in breeding) cheval m mâle, cheval m entier;∎ stud horse étalon m;∎ to take a mare to horse faire couvrir une jument∎ regiment of horse régiment m de cavalerieMilitary cavalière fhorse brass médaillon m de bronze (fixé à une martingale);horse breeder éleveur(euse) m,f de chevaux;horse butcher boucher(ère) m,f hippophagique;familiar horse doctor vétérinaire□ mf;British the Horse Guards (regiment) = régiment de cavalerie attaché à la reine et remplissant certaines fonctions officielles; (building) = le bâtiment de Whitehall où se fait chaque jour la relève de la garde;Horse Guards Parade = grande place à Londres où ont lieu les défilés des "Horse Guards";Nautical horse latitudes pot m au noir;horse manure crottin m de cheval; (as fertilizer) fumier m de cheval;Horseracing horse race course f de chevaux;horse racing (UNCOUNT) Horseracing courses fpl (de chevaux);British horse riding Horseriding équitation f;familiar horse sense (gros) bon sens□ m;horse show concours m hippique;horse trials concours m hippique -
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horse chestnut — horse chestnuts also horse chestnut 1) N COUNT A horse chestnut is a large tree which has leaves with several pointed parts and shiny reddish brown nuts called conkers that grow in cases with points on them. 2) N COUNT Horse chestnuts are the… … English dictionary
Horse-chestnut — may refer to:* Horse chestnut (tree), the genus Aesculus of 20–25 species of deciduous trees and shrubs * Horse chestnut leaf miner, moth of the lepidopteran family Gracillariidae * Horse Chestnut (horse), a South African Thoroughbred racehorse … Wikipedia
horse chestnut — noun count 1. ) a large tree that has white or pink flowers, and produces shiny hard brown seeds 2. ) a seed from the horse chestnut tree … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
horse chestnut — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms horse chestnut : singular horse chestnut plural horse chestnuts 1) a large tree with white or pink flowers and wide branches that produces shiny hard brown seeds inside round cases with sharp points 2) a seed… … English dictionary
Chestnut tree — Chestnut Chest nut, n. [For chesten nut; OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbe[ a]m chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. ch[^a]taigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a chestnut, Gr … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
horse-chestnut — 1590s, from HORSE (Cf. horse) + CHESTNUT (Cf. chestnut). A tree probably native to Asia, introduced in England c.1550; the name also was extended to similar N.Amer. species such as the buckeye. Said to have been so called because it was food for… … Etymology dictionary
horse chestnut — n. 1. any of a genus (Aesculus) of shrubs and trees of the horse chestnut family, including buckeyes; esp., a tree ( A. hippocastanum) with large, palmately compound leaves, clusters of white flowers, and glossy, brown seeds 2. a seed of this… … English World dictionary
horse chestnut — [ US ˈ. ˌ..] n 1.) a large tree which produces shiny brown nuts and has white or pink flowers 2.) a nut from this tree = ↑conker … Dictionary of contemporary English
Horse-chestnut — Horse chest nut, Horsechestnut Horse chest nut, n. 1. (Bot.) The large nutlike seed of a species of {[AE]sculus} ({[AE]sculus Hippocastanum}), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. The seed is not considered edible by humans.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
horse chestnut — ► NOUN 1) a large deciduous tree producing nuts (conkers) enclosed in a spiny case. 2) a conker. ORIGIN horse chestnuts are said to have been an Eastern remedy for chest diseases in horses … English terms dictionary
Horse-chestnut leaf miner — Taxobox name = Cameraria ohridella status = secure image width = 250px image caption = Horse chestnut leaf miner regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera superfamilia = Gracillarioidea familia = Gracillariidae… … Wikipedia