hazel
Collocations
5ADJ.
beautiful, black, brown, elder, large, loved, pink, poplar
VERB + HAZEL
complemented, deceived, eyes, gleam, swears, tan
HAZEL + NOUN
arthur, ash, beech, grouse, hazeler, kirke, mountain, periwinkle
PREP.
in, than, up, with, without
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
The green turf was velvet underfoot. The blackbirds fluted in the hazels there.
Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.
The nut of the hazel tree.
The wood of a hazelnut tree.
A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
Freestone.
adj
Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)
As she grew up and her hazel eyes became hazeler and her dark hair darker and her white skin whiter, and her form a sigh on every boy’s lips, she concentrated on one dream.
The shrewd eyes, more hazel than her son’s but with the same straight brows, were fixed on Clary’s face.
name
A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
GREEN. - - Squire Rodney has been looking into your affairs, and, by Jove! he swears you've deceived Hazel Kirke! ARTHUR. Deceived her? How? GREEN. He says that your marriage to her was a pretence, a farce, a lie.
In the month of May, When all nature seems in touch with hidden jewels, We called her Hazel, Hazel May.
A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
A place in the United States:
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Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus be
- hazelnut
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The green turf was velvet underfoot. The blackbirds fluted in the hazels there.
WiktionaryHave a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash o
WiktionaryAs she grew up and her hazel eyes became hazeler and her dark hair darker and her white skin whiter, and her form a sigh on every boy’s lips, she concentrated on one dream.
WiktionaryThe shrewd eyes, more hazel than her son’s but with the same straight brows, were fixed on Clary’s face.
WiktionarySAGE: Don’t my eyes look hazeler? (or: periwinkler) / CHLO: (as GARTH) Yes. / SAGE: You said you loved my hazel eyes. (or: periwinkle) Don’t you love them more hazely? (or: periwinkly)
WiktionaryGREEN. - - Squire Rodney has been looking into your affairs, and, by Jove! he swears you've deceived Hazel Kirke! ARTHUR. Deceived her? How? GREEN. He says that your marriage to her was a pretence, a
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