English Explanatory Dictionary

hazel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
  2. The nut of the hazel tree.
  3. The wood of a hazelnut tree.
  4. A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
  5. Freestone.
adj
  1. Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour)
name
  1. A female given name from English from the plant or colour hazel. Popular in the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century.
  2. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hazel tree.
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A minor city in Calloway County, Kentucky.
  5. A town in Hamlin County, South Dakota.
  6. An unincorporated community in Snohomish County, Washington.
  7. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.

Pronunciation

/ˈheɪzəl/ en-us-hazel.ogg

Word forms

hazel hazels hazle more hazel hazeler most hazel hazelest Hasell Hazell

Etymology

From Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsl (“hazel, shrub”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasl, from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”). Cognates Cognate with Yola hawlse (“hazel”), Dutch hazel, hazelaar (“hazel”), German Hasel (“hazel”), Vilamovian hozuł (“hazel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish hassel (“hazel”), Icelandic hesli (“hazel”), Norwegian Nynorsk hasl, hassel (“hazel”); also Latin corulus, corylus (“hazel”), Irish call, coll (“hazel”), Manx coull (“hazel”), Scottish Gaelic coll (“hazel”), Welsh cyll (“hazel trees”).

Synonyms

filbert hazelnut

Related words

lamb's tails sweet gum

Derived words

corkscrew hazel hazel alder Hazelbrook Hazel Dell hazel dormouse hazel grouse Hazel Grove hazel hen hazel-hen hazeline hazelly hazelnut hazel nut hazel pine hazel pomaderris hazelwood hazelwort New Zealand hazel witch-hazel cone gall witch-hazel cone gall aphid witch hazel witch-hazel hazel-eyed
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