hazelnut
Americannoun
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hazelnuts
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hazelnut
before 900; Middle English haselnote, Old English hæselhnutu. See hazel, nut
Vocabulary lists containing hazelnut
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A kiss of hazelnut as a finishing touch too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Proponents say French sugar beet, apple and hazelnut farmers need the insecticides -- forbidden in France since 2018 and 2019, respectively -- to help them compete with their European counterparts.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Some 5,000 miles from Wall Street, Matarazzo was in the province of Campania with his grandparents, figuring out his life on a hazelnut farm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
The thesis of this Kinder Bueno ad seems to be that aliens have not yet destroyed Earth because chocolate and hazelnut go really well together.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2026
It was a piece of candy, a buttercream with a hazelnut heart.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
"What's above ground here is more valuable than what's underground. The real gold is the hazelnuts this country produces," he said.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
During a postwar cocoa shortage in the 1940s, an Italian pastry chef named Pietro Ferrero had the genius idea to combine the scarce resource with an ingredient his town had in abundance: hazelnuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
"The food product was submitted to the public analyst, where the presence of hazelnuts was confirmed."
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
At this point, spread your hazelnuts out on a sheet pan and add to oven.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2025
She buys me treats at the tourist shop—chocolate bars with hazelnuts, German swimming trunks, and more underwear than I could possibly use.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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