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1 horse chestnut
subst. \/ˌhɔːsˈtʃesnʌt\/2) ( frø) hestekastanje -
2 chestnut
1.1) (a reddish-brown nut (one type being edible).) kastanje2) (a reddish-brown horse.) fuks, kastanjebrun hest3) (a boring old joke or story.) gammel traver (vits)2. adjective(of the colour of ripe chestnuts: chestnut hair.) kastanjebrunkastanjeIsubst. \/ˈtʃesnʌt\/1) ( også sweet chestnut) kastanje(nøtt), maron3) ( også horse chestnut) forklaring: en av flere kastanjeliknende tresorter, f.eks. i slekten hestekastanje (Aesculus forklaring:)4) ( farge) kastanjebrunt5) ( hest) fuks6) ( hverdagslig) velkjent historie, anekdotepull somebody's chestnuts out of the fire rake kastanjene ut av ilden for noen, rydde opp i andres problemerIIadj. \/ˈtʃesnʌt\/kastanje-, kastanjebrun -
3 front
1) (the part of anything (intended to be) nearest the person who sees it; usually the most important part of anything: the front of the house; the front of the picture; ( also adjective) the front page.) front, forside, fasade2) (the foremost part of anything in the direction in which it moves: the front of the ship; ( also adjective) the front seat of the bus.) fremste del, front3) (the part of a city or town that faces the sea: We walked along the (sea) front.) strekning langs sjøen, strandpromenade4) ((in war) the line of soliers nearest the enemy: They are sending more soldiers to the front.) front, krigsskueplass5) (a boundary separating two masses of air of different temperatures: A cold front is approaching from the Atlantic.) -front6) (an outward appearance: He put on a brave front.) ytre, holdning, mine, fasade7) (a name sometimes given to a political movement: the Popular Front for Liberation.) front•- frontage- frontal
- at the front of
- in front of
- in frontfasade--------frontIsubst. \/frʌnt\/1) forside, front2) fasade3) (teater e.l.) forgrunn4) ( militærvesen) front, frontlinje5) ( militærvesen) krigsskueplass6) ( meteorologi) front7) ansiktsuttrykk, mine, skinn, maske, fasade8) fremtreden, holdning9) frekkhet, mage10) skalkeskjul, kamuflasje, dekning13) skjortebryst16) falskt pannehår (på kvinne)• how are things on the home front?be at the front ( militærvesen) være ved frontenbe in front ledecold front ( meteorologi) kaldfrontcome to the front komme opp, bli aktuelt, være på tapetet stå frem offentlig bli kjent, komme i forgrunnenfront nine ( golf) front ninefront of (amer.) forani noens nærvær, i noens påhørfront to front ansikt til ansiktgo to the front ( militærvesen) dra til frontenhave the front to do something være frekk nok til å gjøre noeha mage til å gjøre noein front forrest, foran, i spissenin front of forani nærvær av, i noens påhørin the front of foran\/forrest i, i forreste del avkeep up a front holde maskenout front (spesielt amer. teater) blant publikum, i salenshow\/present a bold front eller put on a bold front holde masken, late som ingenting, gjøre gode miner til slett spillwarm front ( meteorologi) varmfrontway out front (spesielt amer., slang) langt foranIIverb \/frʌnt\/1) vende (ut) mot, ligge mot, stå mot, ha forsiden (ut) mot, ha fasaden (ut) mot, vende seg mot2) stå foran, ligge foran3) ( militærvesen) gjøre front mot4) ( om fasade) (be)kle5) ( gammeldags) møte, trosse6) (amer., slang) punge ut med, betale på forhåndfront (militærvesen, kommandoord) vending hitfront about ( også overført) gjøre helomvending, vende seg om, gjøre helt omfront for (amer.) gå i bresjen for være talsmann for, representereIIIadj. \/frʌnt\/1) forrest, for-• what do you think of the front view of the house?2) som ligger foran, som befinner seg foran3) til gaten4) ( fonetikk) fortunge-
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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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — [hôrs′ches΄nut] adj. 〚transl. of obs. botanical L Castanea equina: reason for name uncert.〛 designating a family (Hippocastanaceae, order Sapindales) of dicotyledonous trees, including the horse chestnuts * * * … Universalium
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 — [hôrs′ches΄nut] adj. [transl. of obs. botanical L Castanea equina: reason for name uncert.] designating a family (Hippocastanaceae, order Sapindales) of dicotyledonous trees, including the horse chestnuts … 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 — 1. a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers. 2. the shiny, brown, nutlike seed of this tree or of other trees of the genus Aesculus. [1590 1600; trans. of NL castanea… … Universalium