Hyphenation of chestnut

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word chestnut? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

chest-nut

Definitions of chestnut:

1.	Wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
2.	Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn Yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
3.	Edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
4.	The brown color of chestnuts
5.	A small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
6.	A dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
7.	(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color A chestnut horse Chestnut hair

Synonyms of chestnut:

adj	chromatic
noun	wood
noun	chestnut tree, tree
noun	edible nut
noun	callus
noun	horse, Equus caballus

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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