chestnut

Chestnut — steht für Chestnut Canoe Company, kanadischer Kanuhersteller von 1904 1979 den Familiennamen folgender Personen: Cyrus Chestnut (* 1963), US amerikanischer Jazz Pianist Morris Chestnut (* 1969), US amerikanischer Schauspieler mehrere Orte in den… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

chestnut — 1. noun 1) каштан (тж. Spanish или Sweet chestnut) 2) бабка (у ло шади) 3) coll. гнедая лошадь 4) coll. избитый анекдот 5) pl.; jargon пули toput the chestnuts in the fire заварить кашу to pull the chestnuts out of thefire for smb. таскать для… …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

Chestnut — For other uses of chestnut , see Chestnut (disambiguation). For other uses of chinquapin or chinkapin , see Chinquapin (disambiguation). Chestnut Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa Scientific clas …   Wikipedia

chestnut — chestnutty, adj. /ches nut , neuht/, n. 1. any of the several deciduous trees constituting the genus Castanea, of the beech family, having toothed, oblong leaves and bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, and including C. dentata… …   Universalium

chestnut — I. noun Etymology: Middle English chasteine, chesten chestnut tree, from Anglo French chastein, chestain, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea Date: 14th century 1. a. any of a genus (Castanea) of trees or shrubs of the beech family;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

chestnut — ˈtʃesnʌt 1. сущ. 1) каштан (дерево, плод, древесина) 2) конский каштан Syn : horse chestnut 3) бабка (у лошади) 4) каштановый цвет 5) разг. гнедая лошадь 6) …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

Chestnut — Chest nut, a. Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

chestnut — 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

chestnut — 1. noun /ˈtʃɛs.nʌt,ˈtʃɛst.nʌt/ a) A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea. b) The nut of this tree or shrub. Syn: chestnut tree 2. adjective /ˈtʃɛs.nʌt,ˈtʃɛst.nʌt/ Of a deep reddis …   Wiktionary