Hoary chestnut Synonyms

Definitions for Hoary


  • (adjective) dating or surviving from the distant past
  • (adjective) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
  • (adjective) covered with fine whitish hairs or down

Definitions for Chestnut


  • (noun) an idea or expression that has been used by many people
  • (noun) any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
  • (noun) wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea