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Chestnut vs Chestnutlike - What's the difference?

chestnut | chestnutlike |

As adjectives the difference between chestnut and chestnutlike

is that chestnut is of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut while chestnutlike is resembling or characteristic of a chestnut.

As a noun chestnut

is a tree or shrub of the genus castanea .

chestnut

English

Noun

  • A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea .
  • The nut of this tree or shrub.
  • (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.
  • A reddish-brown horse.
  • (uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.
  • (idiomatic) (Often "old chestnut") A worn-out meme; a phrase, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome.
  • A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
  • (UK) horse-chestnut

    • Synonyms

    * (tree) chestnut tree

    Derived terms

    * American chestnut * chestnut blight * chestnut oak * chestnut tree * dwarf chestnut * horse chestnut * Moreton Bay chestnut * pull chestnuts out of the fire * Spanish chestnut * sweet chestnut * water chestnut

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

    • Related terms

    * castanet

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * black bean * buckeye * caltrop * chinquapin * chinquapin oak * conker * maroon * water caltrop *

    chestnutlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a chestnut.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 29, author=Christine Muhlke, title=Bean Counterculture, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The beans that Sando started growing were beautiful; cooked, they could be creamy, meaty, chestnutlike or herbaceous-tasting, textures and flavors he’d never experienced. }}