hazelnut
Americannoun
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hazelnuts
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
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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
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
Their visceral cream of pistachio, hazelnut, dark or white chocolate, lemon, raspberry, cinnamon apple, caramel, or speculous.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
It was no hazelnut buttercream, but it was close.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
"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
At this point, spread your hazelnuts out on a sheet pan and add to oven.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2025
Laura and Mary went with Ma to gather walnuts and hickory nuts and hazelnuts.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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