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# hazel

noun (a hazel, hazels — the tree); adjective (hazel — the colour)

«hazel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small tree or bush that grows hazelnuts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#m1)
2. adjective (of eyes) Greenish-brown or light brown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#m2)
3. (a name) Hazel is also a girl's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#m3)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons hazel bushes grow in hedges and woods; their catkins hang like lambs' tails in late winter and the nuts feed squirrels and dormice. In descriptions, «hazel eyes» are a mixed green-brown. Phrases: «hazel eyes», «hazel catkins», «hazel stick».

### Examples

- Squirrels collect nuts from the hazel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x1)
- She has hazel eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x2)
- Hazel catkins appear in February. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x3)
- He cut a hazel stick to use as a walking stick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x4)
- Dormice love hazel woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x5)
- Hazel is my best friend's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x6)
- "Shake, shake, hazel-tree, gold and silver over me!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x7)

### Note

Countable for trees. Not to be confused with «haze» (thin mist). The nut is a hazelnut (one word).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hazel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hazel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hazel.html) on Mova free.