hazelnut
Americannoun
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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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
Once that failed to materialize, he retreated to the hazelnut farm to plan his next move.
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
A business is under investigation by trading standards officers after a woman was hospitalised when the firm used a chocolate hazelnut dessert topping instead of chocolate.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
His forehead glistens over with sweat, the curve of it like a hazelnut.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
"Once the gold mine opens, we won't be able to grow hazelnuts here any more," says Omer Aydin, a nut producer and exporter.
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
Other favorites include macadamia nuts, hazelnuts and pistachios — my dad’s favorite.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2025
He watched the little novice rolling about on the grass, grappling with large armfuls of the smooth hazelnuts which constantly seemed to escape his grasp.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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