chestnut-colored
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- adjective
- /ˈʧɛstnʌtˌkoʊlɚd/
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color castaño
- He admired the chestnut-colored leaves that adorned the trees in autumn.
- chestnut-colored hair
- chestnut-colored horse
- chestnut-colored eyes
Examples
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The artist painted a beautiful landscape featuring a chestnut-colored horse grazing in the field.
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Galya-Edik had a round, almost child-like face with smooth skin and wide-open hazel eyes, an even row of teeth, full lips, and straight, chestnut-colored hair.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her chestnut-colored hair, her high cheekbones, and her wide mouth, which was often twisted into a sneer.
Fiction book (1997) -
Shaking her chestnut-colored hair, the fencer lightly tilted her head.
Blog text (26) -
She saw that he was of medium build, thin, light-complected, and that his hair, already beginning to thin to baldness, was chestnut-colored.
Fiction book (1996) -
He rested his hand affectionately on a mason jar that held a scalp of chestnut-colored hair.
Fiction book (1998) -
One, to T.'s amazement, was as white as he, with long chestnut-colored hair, a truly saucy minx of a colleen.
Fiction book (1998) -
Seeing the Klingon's reaction, the chestnut-colored Jarada clacked its claws together in amusement.
Fiction book (1992) -
He was young, younger than the prince, with a smooth-shaven jaw, large green eyes, and the long chestnut-colored hair of the Sartan, the white tips curling on his shoulders.
Fiction book (1991) -
She styled her chestnut-colored hair into an elegant bun for the wedding.
Synonyms
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Having a deep reddish-brown color
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A brown color with a hint of red
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A brown color with a touch of red
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A brown color with a little red that often appears in hair or feathers
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A color like brown mixed with red
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A light brown with a little red like cinnamon
A warm brown color like the shell of a nut
A deep brown color with a red tint like dark wood
A brown color with a red-orange tone
Antonyms
How Brown
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chestnut-colored comes from the nut chestnut, which has a shiny brown shell people used as a picture of a warm brown. So chestnut-colored means the same 'rich brown' color, like a horse's coat or a cozy sweater.