chestnut

chestnut
    adj 1: (of hair or feathers) 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}, {chestnut tree}]
    3: edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus
       Castanea
    4: the brown color of chestnuts
    5: a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
    6: a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
    

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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Chestnut \Chest"nut\, a.
   Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as,
   chestnut curls.
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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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Chestnut, IL
  Zip code(s): 62518
Chestnut, LA
  Zip code(s): 71070
    

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      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