CHESTNUT-COLORED Synonyms

• an orange of low brightness and saturation

• Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

• abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)

• a university in Rhode Island

• of a color similar to that of wood or earth

• (of skin) deeply suntanned

• fry in a pan until it changes color

• make brown in color

• a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot

• a food made from roasted ground cacao beans

• a medium brown to dark-brown color

• a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor

• a copper penny

• uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

• a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper

• any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings

• coat with a layer of copper

• Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts

• the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)

• any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk

• a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes

• of a light brown or yellowish brown color

• wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture

• any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish

• a shade of brown with a tinge of red

• a reddish brown homespun fabric

• of brown with a reddish tinge

• any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

• any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

• East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber

• large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces

• a horse of a brownish orange to light brown color

• of a light brownish color

• a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

• a light brown the color of topaz

• ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

• of a light yellowish-brown color

• treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather

• get a tan, from wind or sun

• having the brown color of chestnuts