hazelnut

American

[hey-zuhl-nuht] / ˈheɪ zəlˌnʌt /

noun

the nut of the hazel; filbert.

hazelnut British

/ ˈheɪzəlˌnʌt /

noun

Also called: filbert. cobnut. cob. the nut of a hazel shrub, having a smooth shiny hard shell

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Etymology

Origin of hazelnut

before 900; Middle English haselnote, Old English hæselhnutu. See hazel, nut

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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

To retrace how the native hazelnut spread across Western North America, Armstrong and her team collected specimens found throughout the province, but also focused on sampling near archaeological village sites.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2024

My favorite was buttercream with a hazelnut inside.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

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