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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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