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hazel

adjective noun

Of a light brown or yellowish brown color

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
H
Ends with
L
Contains
AZ
Scrabble score
17
CEFR level
C1

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Pronunciation

ˈheɪzəl

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adjective

  1. Of a light brown or yellowish brown color

noun

  1. 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

noun

  1. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk

noun

  1. The fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)

noun

  1. Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts

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