Chestnut

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used
        for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
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     3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
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     4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
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     5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides
        of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
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     6. An old joke or story. [Slang]
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     {Chestnut tree}, a tree that bears chestnuts.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chestnut \Chest"nut\, a.
     Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as,
     chestnut curls.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     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}]
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     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).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chestnut
       adj : used of hair; of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a
             chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"
       n 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
          [syn: {chestnut tree}]
       3: edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus
          Castanea
       4: a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
       5: a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "chestnut":
     Joe Miller, Titian, 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, 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, trite joke,
     trite saying, triticism, twice-told tale, warmed-over cabbage,
     xanthous
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Chestnut, IL
    Zip code(s): 62518
  Chestnut, LA
    Zip code(s): 71070