chestnut
10
4.0
- adjective
- /ˈʧɛstnʌt/
- But her friend looked like a real beauty: tall, slender, with brown eyes and long chestnut tresses.
Examples
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Claire wore her chestnut hair smoothed back from her lovely forehead.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her hair was a rich chestnut color, her wide-set eyes a deep and lively brown, her mouth full and womanly.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her hair was thick and chestnut brown; her skin was golden.
Fiction book (1996) -
I was really blonde as a kid, but my natural colour is just chestnut dirty blonde.
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Her hair is chestnut dark, descending in full peaks around her face.
Fiction book (1996) -
Her hair was chestnut brown, swept back from her forehead and falling in frondy curls to her shoulders.
Fiction book (1990) -
Veronika was willowy, with long chestnut hair and a full mouth.
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Josie looked exhausted; her blue eyes were bloodshot, and her chestnut hair was in a knotty ponytail.
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He has chestnut hair.
Synonyms
834
1.0
Having a medium to dark color like wood or tanned skin
29
1.0
A deep brown color like wood or earth
18
3.2
A warm brown color that has a golden shine
12
1.0
A colour that is a little brown
11
1.0
A light brown colour like leather
11
3.8
Having a light brown color with a little yellow or red, often for eyes
11
1.5
Having bright orange-brown hair or fur
7
2.1
A brown color with a hint of red
5
1.0
Having brown hair
1
1.0
A brown color with a touch of red
1
2.9
A brown color with a little red that often appears in hair or feathers
1
3.4
A warm reddish brown like the coat of some horses
1
3.2
A brown colour with a little green, often in eyes or hair
1
4.2
A light brown color like tanned leather
1
6.5
A reddish-brown color like the fur of some dogs
1
4.9
A bright orange-brown color like some hair or fur
1
4.5
A warm brown color like the shell of a nut
1
8.1
A horse coat that is a solid dark reddish brown
1
4.6
A light brown color with a little yellow
A warm reddish brown colour like a nut
A medium to dark brown color like caramel
Compounds
3
2.3
A large tree that makes nuts you can eat in prickly cases and has leaves that turn brown in autumn
1
5.7
A large eastern North American tree that makes edible nuts and strong wood
1
5.4
A large tree with hand-shaped leaves and showy flowers that make shiny brown seeds you cannot eat
- Specialized
1
7.6
A fungus that makes open sores on American chestnut trees and often kills them
- US
1
7.4
A North American oak tree with leaves like a chestnut and dark, deeply ridged bark
1
6.1
A large tree that loses its leaves and produces sweet edible nuts and useful wood
- Specialized
1
6.6
A medium to large tree with big leaves that grows in wet areas of the southeastern United States
1
7.9
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that makes small edible nuts
- Indian
1
9.9
A large evergreen tree from India with white sweet-smelling flowers and very hard wood used for building
- Specialized
A disease that attacks chestnut trees, making sores on the bark and often killing the tree
- Specialized
A disease that kills American chestnut trees by making deep wounds in their bark
A large tree from eastern North America that makes sweet edible nuts and useful wood
- Australian
A tall Australian tree with orange-yellow flowers and large pods that contain edible seeds like chestnuts
- Australian
An Australian tree with divided leaves, orange flowers, large pods, and dark strong wood
- Specialized
A group of trees like horse-chestnuts with large flowers and glossy inedible seeds in hard cases
A medium-sized tree from the eastern United States with strong, durable wood
How Reddish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chestnut as an adjective for hair or feathers simply means 'the color of the chestnut nut', so the word describes that golden to reddish-brown shade.