conker in English

noun
1
the hard shiny dark brown nut of a horse chestnut tree.
It's a beautiful thing, the leather rich brown and shiny as a conker and trimmed with brass.

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1. Conker definition: Conkers are round brown nuts which come from horse chestnut trees

2. Conkers [ U ] UK a children's game in which you have a conker with a string through it and try to break another child's conker by hitting it with yours Dave Greenwood/The Image Bank/GettyImages SMART …

3. ‘Strong Conkers were gathered in the woods, carefully dried, bored and threaded onto pieces of strong string with a secure double knot under the conker.’ ‘Here, each competitor randomly selects a conker from a bag, rather than play with his own equipment.’

4. The best way to get a winning conker that is unbeatable is to use Conkers saved from last year.

5. Conkers definition: a game in which a player swings a horse chestnut ( conker ), threaded onto a string , Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

6. On the course, the Brontosauri act much like the one did in the Ancient Lake of Diddy Kong Racing, serving as a roadblock for Conker

7. Our Horse Bridles come in four different types of leather shades- Black, Choco Brown (Havana), Oak Brown (Reddish Brown), Conker (Tan Brown) and in all sizes-Over (draft), Horse (full), Cob and Pony (Mini)

8. 2 Conkers plural : a game in which each player swings a horse chestnut on a string to try to break one held by the opponent First Known Use of conker circa 1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1 …

9. You can collect fallen Conkers and plant the nuts to grow horse chestnut trees of your very own! Conker trees can be a wonderful addition to a home garden because they provide dappled shade and produce nectar and pollen for bees and other insects