[
UK
/hˈeɪzəl/
]
[ US /ˈheɪzəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈheɪzəɫ/ ]
NOUN
- Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
- 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
- any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
- the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
ADJECTIVE
- of a light brown or yellowish brown color
How To Use hazel In A Sentence
- Hazel wore a medieval-styled dress with a gold-braced bodice, gold chiffon sleeves and a gold train.
- Go for almonds with their skins, walnuts and hazelnuts. Times, Sunday Times
- I apprehend the reader will not imagine I have over-rated the prcdudl of this farm, becaufe the rent is fmall: The great ex - pence of the marling fhould be confidercd; and as that manure agrees prodigioufly with light hazelly loams, I am confident fuch crops as I have fiated are not above the truth. truth. The farmer's guide in hiring and stocking farms. Containing an examination of many subjects of great importance both to the common husbandman, in hiring a farm; and to a gentleman on taking the whole or part of his estate into his own hands. Also, pla
- Unroasted nuts such as almonds, cashews, pecans, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts and walnuts make an ideal snack food.
- One of the males used a length of cut hazel to pole the craft out of the willow wood and into clear water.
- Seen this close, his remarkable eyes are hazel and gray, with a corona of green at the outer edge of the iris. CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER
- Is there a witch hazel you love? Times, Sunday Times
- He was tall, probably a foot taller than me, and he had dark hair, hazel-green eyes, a square jaw, and the look of one who was serious and dedicated in all that he did.
- First the candy: Known as Mozart Kugeln, packed in a delightful red tin with tiny portraitures of the composer, these are deluxe confections exquisitely filled with marzipan, made from "fresh green pistachios, almonds and rich hazelnut-nougat, enrobed with delicious milk and bitter chocolates. Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week
- She has picked hazel, horse chestnut and oak. Times, Sunday Times
