chestnuts
Stale jokes, sometimes
Chestnuts are edible nuts from trees of the genus *Castanea*, with a sweet, starchy flesh often roasted or used in stuffing and desserts: chestnuts roasting on an open fire.
The trees themselves are also called chestnuts.
Chestnut describes the reddish-brown color of the nuts, especially for horses.
A chestnut is also something overly familiar—a stale joke or hackneyed story: He trotted out the same old chestnuts about his college days.
Nut and sugar candy
- candiedPreserved by sugar-coating
- marzipanSweetened ground nut confection
- pureeSmoothly blended food
- torteDense nutty layered confection
stuffing · ganache · sweetened · dessert · pastry · cream · vermicelli
Descend under gravity
- harvestGathering mature crops
- OctoberYear's tenth month
- NovemberEleventh month
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
crisp · brown · amber · acorns · orchard · frost · sweater · bonfire
Winter holiday period
- carolsFestive religious songs
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- traditionCustom passed through generations
comfort · festive · stockings · December · wassail · nostalgia · gathering · cozy
acorns
Seeds of oaks
pecans · beechnuts · shell · kernel · edible · nutrition · starchy · foraging · mast · gathering
praline
Nut and sugar candy
torte · stuffing · ganache · sweetened · dessert · pastry · cream · vermicelli
fall
Descend under gravity
leaves · crisp · brown · amber · acorns · orchard · frost · sweater · bonfire · cider
yuletide
Winter holiday period
tradition · comfort · festive · stockings · December · wassail · nostalgia · gathering · cozy · seasonal
embers
Smoldering fire remnants
flames · aroma · warmth · charred · browning · toasty · sizzle · glow · snug · scoring
deciduous
Sheds foliage seasonally
timber · tannin · coppicing · bark · restoration · orchard · grove · hardwood · bur
- nutspistachios, almond, cashews, cashew, hazelnut
- chestnuts
- CorsicaCorsica, maquis, polyphony, citadel, Bonaparte
- Korean cuisinegochujang, soy sauce, sesame oil, fish sauce, red pepper paste
- Shinto offeringssake, food offerings, rice wine, mochi, fruit offerings
- groceriesfruits, grocery store, melons, supermarket, watermelon
chestnutsacorns
Seeds of oaks
walnuts · hazelnuts · almonds · pecans · pistachios
- water chestnutsEdible aquatic corm
- sweet chestnutsEdible nuts from Castanea
- old chestnutOverused joke or story
- horse chestnutLarge-seeded ornamental tree
- chestnut treeDeciduous nut-bearing hardwood
- roasted chestnutsHeat-browned tree nuts