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

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.