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How to pronounce “chestnut”

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Pronunciation guide for chestnut

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of chestnut with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Ryan Phelan: The intended consequences of helping nature thriveThat's the American chestnut tree.
Definition summary: (countable) An edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a nut from a related shrub or tree; or a similar nut from an unrelated plant.

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Ryan Phelan: The intended consequences of helping nature thrive

That's the American chestnut tree.

[Noun]
(countable) An edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a nut from a related shrub or tree; or a similar nut from an unrelated plant.
(countable) In full chestnut tree: the shrub or tree that bears this nut, the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a shrub or tree of the genus Castanea.
(by extension) Things resembling a chestnut fruit in appearance or colour.
(countable, figurative) Chiefly in old chestnut: a joke, meme, phrase, ploy, etc. which has been repeated so often as to have grown ineffective or tiresome; a cliché.
[Adjective]
Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit (noun sense 1).