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horse-chestnut

horse-chest·nut
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hawrs ches-nuht, -nuh t]
    • /hɔrs ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt, -nət/
    • /hɔːs ˈtʃes.nʌt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hawrs ches-nuht, -nuh t]
    • /hɔrs ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt, -nət/

Definitions of horse-chestnut word

  • noun horse-chestnut a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers. 1
  • noun horse-chestnut the shiny, brown, nutlike seed of this tree or of other trees of the genus Aesculus. 1
  • noun horse-chestnut Alternative spelling of horse chestnut. 0
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Origin of horse-chestnut

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; translation of New Latin castanea equīna; so named from its use in treating respiratory diseases of horses

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Parts of speech for Horse-chestnut

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Full grammatical hierarchy of Horse-chestnut

horse-chestnut popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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