Castanho — meaning in English

English meaning

• brown adj Having the colour of chocolate, coffee, or soil.
• chestnut noun A tree that produces glossy brown edible nuts, or the nut itself.
• hazel noun A small tree or shrub (genus Corylus) that produces edible nuts.
• maroon adj A dark brownish-red colour.

Senses

Castanho is used for these senses in English:

• brown Having a brown colour.
• brown (countable, and, uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
• chestnut Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
• chestnut (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
• chestnut A reddish-brown horse.
• hazel Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)
• hazel (countable, and, uncountable) A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
• maroon Of a maroon color

brown — full definition

1. adj Having the colour of chocolate, coffee, or soil.
2. noun The colour itself, a mix of red, yellow, and black.
3. verb To cook food, especially meat, until its surface turns brown.
4. verb To become tanned or darker in the sun.

chestnut — full definition

1. noun A tree that produces glossy brown edible nuts, or the nut itself.
2. adj A deep reddish-brown colour, like the nut.
3. noun A joke or story that has been told so often it has stopped being funny or interesting.

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