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chestnutlike

chestnutlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a chestnut.

Adjective

chestnutlike (comparative more chestnutlike, superlative most chestnutlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chestnut.
    • 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.2009 March 29, Christine Muhlke, “Bean Counterculture”, in New York Times

Forms of chestnutlike

comparativemore chestnutlike
superlativemost chestnutlike

Origin of chestnutlike

From chestnut + -like.

Questions about chestnutlike

What does chestnutlike mean?
Chestnutlike means resembling or characteristic of a chestnut.
What part of speech is chestnutlike?
Chestnutlike is an adjective.

Words near chestnutlike in the dictionary

  1. chestnut-flanked sparrowhawks
  2. chestnut-naped antpitta
  3. chestnut-sided warbler
  4. chestnut-tailed starling
  5. chestnut-tailed starlings
  6. chestnutlike
  7. chestnuts
  8. Chestnutt
  9. Chestnutts
  10. chestnutty
  11. chestpad

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