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chestnut
noun
1 chestnut
Wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea.
Dutch: kastanje
Polish: kasztan
2 chestnut
Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur.
synonym: chestnut tree.
Roget 532:
news;
information
etc.
527;
piece of news [Fr.],
budget of news,
budget of information;
intelligence,
tidings.
word,
advice,
aviso [Sp.],
message;
dispatch,
despatch;
telegram,
cable,
marconigram†,
wire,
communication,
errand,
embassy.
report,
rumor,
hearsay,
on dit [Fr.],
flying rumor,
news stirring,
cry,
buzz,
bruit,
fame;
talk,
oui dire [Fr.],
scandal,
eavesdropping;
town tattle,
table talk;
tittle tattle;
canard,
topic of the day,
idea afloat.
bulletin,
fresh news,
stirring news;
glad tidings;
flash,
news just in;
on-the-spot coverage;
live coverage.
old story,
old news,
stale news,
stale story;
chestnut [Slang].
narrator
etc.
(describe)
594;
newsmonger,
scandalmonger;
talebearer,
telltale,
gossip,
tattler.
[study of news reporting]
journalism.
[methods of conveying news]
media,
news media,
the press,
the information industry;
newspaper,
magazine,
tract,
journal,
gazette,
publication
etc.
531;
radio,
television,
ticker
(electronic information transmission).
[organizations producing news reports]
[methods of conveying news]
United Press International,
UPI;
Associated Press,
AP;
The Dow Jones News Service,
DJ;
The New York Times News Service,
NYT;
Reuters [Brit.];
TASS [Rus.];
The Nikkei [Jap.].
[person reporting news as a profession]
newscaster,
newsman,
newswoman,
reporter,
journalist,
correspondent,
foreign correspondent,
special correspondent,
war correspondent,
news team,
news department;
anchorman,
anchorwoman†;
sportscaster;
weatherman.
[officials providing news for an organization]
press secretary,
public relations department,
public relations man.
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Dutch: kastanjeboom, kastanje
Polish: kasztan
3 chestnut
Edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea.
Dutch: kastanje, tamme kastanje
Polish: kasztan, maron
4 chestnut
The brown color of chestnuts.
Polish: kasztan
5 chestnut
A small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg.
6 chestnut
A dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse.
Polish: kasztan, cisak, kasztanek
adjective
1 chestnut
of hair or feathers Of a golden brown to reddish brown color.
Roget 433:
brown,
bay,
dapple,
auburn,
castaneous†,
chestnut,
nut-brown,
cinnamon,
russet,
tawny,
fuscous†,
chocolate,
maroon,
foxy,
tan,
brunette,
whitey brown†;
fawn-colored,
snuff-colored,
liver-colored;
brown as a berry,
brown as mahogany,
brown as the oak leaves;
khaki.
sun-burnt;
tanned
etc.
v..
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Polish: kasztanowy
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