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hazelnut

[ hey-zuhl-nuht ]

noun

  1. the nut of the hazel; filbert.


hazelnut

/ ˈheɪzəlˌnʌt /

noun

  1. the nut of a hazel shrub, having a smooth shiny hard shell Also calledfilbertBritcobnutBritcob


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hazelnut1

before 900; Middle English haselnote, Old English hæselhnutu. See hazel, nut

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Example Sentences

A shot of the Moutai brand delightfully produced a toasted hazelnut flavor cloud in my mouth.

Brands that control a far greater share of the American market are waking up to the appeal of chocolatey hazelnut spreads.

Waiters hoisting massive, gooey hazelnut dacquoise cakes spoon-feed the dancing guests encircling the stage.

He then puts on a pot of coffee and the rich smell of hazelnut rouses the rest of the family from their sugar plum dreams.

The fruit slices retain their shape and add a tangy counterpoint to the sweet hazelnut filling.

The hazelnut is next best, then perhaps the peanut and the beechnut.

When the animal is at liberty the perfume is dropped from time to time, in lumps about as big as an ordinary hazelnut.

Between the layers of cotton wool she found a single pearl as large as a hazelnut, pink as the Oriental dawn.

Next came a hazelnut, then a butternut, and last of all a fat kernel of yellow corn.

He repeated the words Johnny and Hazelnut, and then laughed again, until he made the woods ring with his merriment.

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