chestnut
21chestnut — chest·nut || tʃesnÊŒt n. type of tree; horse chestnut (nut from the chestnut tree); reddish brown horse adj. having a reddish brown coloring …
22chestnut — [ˈtʃesˌnʌt] noun [C] 1) a large smooth red brown nut that you can eat 2) chestnut or chestnut tree a tall tree that produces chestnuts …
23chestnut — 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,… …
24chestnut — chest·nut ches (.)nət n 1 a) a tree or shrub of the genus Castanea (C. dentata) that is found in eastern No. America and the leaf of which was formerly used to prepare an infusion for the treatment of whooping cough b) the edible nut of a… …
25chestnut — adj., noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bright, glossy, rich ▪ dark, deep Chestnut is used with these nouns: ↑brown, ↑hair, ↑horse, ↑ …
26chestnut — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
27chestnut — [16] The Greek word for ‘chestnut’ was kastanéā, which appears to have meant originally ‘nut from Castanea’ (in Pontus, Asia Minor) or ‘nut from Castana’ (in Thessaly, Greece). It came into English via Latin castanea and Old French chastaine,… …
28chestnut — • an old and predictable joke or situation. The phrase dates from the late 19th century and is thought to have originated from a scene in a play called Broken Sword by W Diamond. The usual way that the term is used is in the phrase not that old… …
29chestnut — kaštainis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bukinių (Fagaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Castanea). atitikmenys: lot. Castanea angl. chestnut vok. Kastanie; Kastanienbaum; Marone rus. каштан lenk. kasztan ryšiai: susijęs terminas – kaštainis …
30chestnut — [16] The Greek word for ‘chestnut’ was kastanéā, which appears to have meant originally ‘nut from Castanea’ (in Pontus, Asia Minor) or ‘nut from Castana’ (in Thessaly, Greece). It came into English via Latin castanea and Old French chastaine,… …
