[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chestnut \chest"nut\, n. for chesten-nut; oe. chestein,
   chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. as. cisten in cistenbe'am
   chestnut tree, influenced by of. chastaigne, f. ch^ataigne,
   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
see also:
castanets castanea vesce chestnut tree 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chestnut \chest"nut\, a.
   of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as,
   chestnut curls.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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; huedpostnominal; magenta;
         maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
         sea-green also see: chromatic, colored, dark,
         light.

   syn: colored, coloured, in colorpredicate.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
colorless changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot deep, rich flaming fluorescent, glowing prismatic 
psychedelic red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled dull brave, fine, gay, glorious flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained 
flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty picturesque monochrome 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 huedpostnominal magenta maroon 
pea-green russet sage, sage-green sea-green chromatic 
colored dark light 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
chestnut tree 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

chestnut, il
  zip codes: 62518
chestnut, la
  zip codes: 71070

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