Meanings
comparative more chestnutty · superlative most chestnutty
- informalResembling or characteristic of a chestnut.
Being in the shell like that, the salt wouldn't get through that shell enough to spoil them, and they'd have that nice sweet chestnutty taste.
1996, Eliot Wigginton, A foxfire Christmas
Origin
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chestnutty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chestnutty
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