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• chest|nut-backed chickadee — «CHEHS nuht BAKT», a kind of chickadee having a brown back, common along the Pacific coast of North America …   Useful english dictionary

• chest|nut-sid|ed warbler — «CHEHS nuht SY dihd», a warbler with a yellow crown and chestnut sides in the spring plumage, found in eastern North America …   Useful english dictionary

• chest — chest; chest·ed; chest·i·ly; chest·i·ness; chest·nut·ty; chest·nut; …   English syllables

• nut — ban·nut; beech·nut; bit·ter·nut; cal·i·nut; chest·nut·ty; co·ker·nut; cor·nut·ed; dad·dy·nut; do·nut; dough·nut; goora·nut; ground·nut; nut; nut·burg·er; nut·hatch; nut·job·ber; nut·let; nut·tall; nut·tal·li·a·sis; nut·ted; nut·ter; nut·tery;… …   English syllables

• chestnut — chest·nut …   English syllables

• chestnutty — chest·nut·ty …   English syllables

• chestnut — chest·nut ches (.)nət n 1 a) a tree or shrub of the genus Castanea (C. dentata) that is found in eastern No. America and the leaf of which was formerly used to prepare an infusion for the treatment of whooping cough b) the edible nut of a… …   Medical dictionary

• chestnut — chest•nut [[t]ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt, nət[/t]] n. 1) pln any of several tall trees of the genus Castanea, of the beech family, bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, as C. sativa, of Europe, and C. dentata, an American tree virtually destroyed by… …   From formal English to slang

• chestnut — chest|nut [ tʃes,nʌt ] noun 1. ) count a large smooth red brown nut that you can eat: roast chestnuts chestnut stuffing 2. ) chestnut or chestnut tree count a tall tree with large wide leaves that produces chestnuts a ) uncount the wood of a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• chestnut blight — chest′nut blight n. ppa a disease of chestnut trees caused by a fungus, Endothia parasitica, characterized by bark lesions that eventually girdle the trunk and kill the tree • Etymology: 1905–10, amer …   From formal English to slang