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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

chestnutlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From chestnut + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chestnut.
    • The beans that Sando started growing were beautiful; cooked, they could be creamy, meaty, chestnutlike or herbaceous-tasting, textures and flavors he’d never experienced. 2009 March 29, Christine Muhlke, “Bean Counterculture”, in New York Times:

Forms

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more chestnutlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most chestnutlike Degree=Sup lexicographic