Meaning & use
chestnut
A hard-shelled, edible brown nut, or the tree that produces it.
See it in a sentence
We roasted chestnuts over the fire and peeled off their shells while they were warm.
A row of tall chestnut trees lined the path through the old park.
A note on using this word
Informally, "old chestnut" describes a joke or story repeated so often it has become stale.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An idiom for a story, joke, or idea repeated so often that it feels stale.
He told the same old chestnut about his fishing trip at every family dinner.
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