'Chestnut' definitions:
Definition of 'chestnut'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"
noun
Wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
noun
Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur [syn: chestnut, chestnut tree]
noun
Edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
noun
The brown color of chestnuts
noun
A small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
noun
A dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
Definition of 'Chestnut'
From: GCIDE
- Chestnut \Chest"nut\, a. Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chestnut'
From: GCIDE
- Chestnut \Chest"nut\, n. [For chesten-nut; OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbe['a]m chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. ch[^a]taigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a chestnut, Gr. ?, fr. ? a city of Pontus, where chestnut trees grew in abundance, and whence they were introduced into Europe. Cf. Castanets.]
- 1. (Bot.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesce) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England). [1913 Webster]
- 5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals. [1913 Webster]
- 6. An old joke or story. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- Chestnut tree, a tree that bears chestnuts. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'chestnut'
From: GCIDE
- colorful \colorful\ adj.
- 1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
- Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing; prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled}]
- Syn: colourful. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious; flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque] [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and monochrome.
- Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn, reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden; azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful, blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy; brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary, canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation; chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored, earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green, dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender, lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored; ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive; orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish; purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red; rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel, brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine; tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish; yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey, honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta; maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green; sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark, light.]
- Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'chestnut'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adust,
- auburn,
- banality,
- bay,
- bay-colored,
- bayard,
- brazen,
- bromide,
- bronze,
- bronze-colored,
- bronzed,
- brownish-red,
- buckskin,
- calico pony,
- carroty,
- castaneous,
- chestnut-brown,
- cliche,
- commonplace,
- commonplace expression,
- copper,
- copper-colored,
- coppery,
- corn,
- cupreous,
- dapple-gray,
- dun,
- erythristic,
- familiar tune,
- ferruginous,
- foxy,
- gray,
- grizzle,
- hackneyed saying,
- henna,
- Joe Miller,
- joke with whiskers,
- lieu commun,
- liver-brown,
- liver-colored,
- livid-brown,
- locus communis,
- mahogany,
- old joke,
- old saw,
- old song,
- old story,
- old turkey,
- old wheeze,
- paint,
- painted pony,
- piebald,
- pinto,
- platitude,
- prosaicism,
- prosaism,
- prose,
- red-crested,
- red-haired,
- red-polled,
- red-tufted,
- reddish-brown,
- reiteration,
- retold story,
- roan,
- rubiginous,
- rufous,
- russet,
- russety,
- rust,
- rust-colored,
- rusty,
- skewbald,
- sorrel,
- stereotyped saying,
- sunburned,
- terra-cotta,
- Titian,
- trite joke,
- trite saying,
- triticism,
- twice-told tale,
- warmed-over cabbage,
- xanthous
Words containing 'Chestnut'
- Chestnut Ridge,
- Chestnut tree,
- Earth chestnut,
- Water chestnut,
- american chestnut,
- australian chestnut,
- chestnut blight,
- chestnut canker,
- chestnut coal,
- chestnut oak,
- chinese chestnut,
- dwarf chestnut,
- european chestnut,
- horse chestnut,
- japanese chestnut,
- liver chestnut,
- oak chestnut,
- rose chestnut,
- spanish chestnut,
- sweet chestnut,
- Chestnut Ridge, NY,
- Horse-chestnut,
- american sweet chestnut,
- chestnut-brown,
- chestnut-colored,
- chestnut-coloured,
- chinese water chestnut,
- moreton bay chestnut,
- swamp chestnut oak,
- water chestnut plant,
- yellow chestnut oak,
- chestnut-bark disease,
- horse-chestnut family