Plural of chestnut

Forms of chestnut

Chestnuts in a sentence

• An owl cried among the silent Spanish chestnuts on the slope outside.1908 October, Perceval Landon, “Thurnley Abbey”, in McClure’s Magazine, volume XXXI, number 6, New York, N.Y.; London: S[amuel] S[idney]...
• We roasted chestnuts over an open fire.From the entry open fire
• This sweet bean gelée, called yōkan, is studded with candied chestnuts colored yellow by gardenia petals.2021 March 23, Hannah Kirshner, “Kuri Yōkan”, in Water, Wood, and Wild Things: Learning Craft and Cultivation in a Japanese Mountain Town…. From the entry gelée
• It always came out brown and shiny, like chestnuts fresh from the tree.2015, Vilna without Vilna, in Helen Mintz (translator), Abraham Karpinowitz, Vilna My Vilna, Syracuse University Press, page 20. From the entry kishke
• Boiled in well-salted water, peeled and popped into our mouths, they remind us of roasted chestnuts.2009, Ann Vanderhoof, “Curry Tabanca: Trinidad”, in The Spice Necklace: A Food-lover’s Caribbean Adventure, Toronto, Ont.: Doubleday…. From the entry peewah

Meaning of chestnut

1. noun An edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a nut from a related shrub or tree; or a similar nut from an unrelated plant.
2. noun In full chestnut tree: the shrub or tree that bears this nut, the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a shrub or tree of the genus Castanea.
3. noun Wood of a chestnut tree.

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Questions about the plural of chestnut

What is the plural of chestnut?

The plural of chestnut is chestnuts.

Is chestnut countable?

Chestnut is a countable and uncountable noun.