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# hazel

«hazel» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small tree or bush that grows hazelnuts** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a hazel, hazels — the tree); adjective (hazel — the colour)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small tree or bush that grows hazelnuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#m1)

2) adjective (of eyes) Greenish-brown or light brown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#m2)

3) (a name) Hazel is also a girl's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons hazel bushes grow in hedges and woods; their catkins hang like lambs' tails in late winter and the nuts feed squirrels and dormice. In descriptions, «hazel eyes» are a mixed green-brown. Phrases: «hazel eyes», «hazel catkins», «hazel stick».

### examples

- Squirrels collect nuts from the hazel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x1)
- She has hazel eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x2)
- Hazel catkins appear in February. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x3)
- He cut a hazel stick to use as a walking stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x4)
- Dormice love hazel woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x5)
- Hazel is my best friend's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x6)
- "Shake, shake, hazel-tree, gold and silver over me!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/#x7)

### note

Countable for trees. Not to be confused with «haze» (thin mist). The nut is a hazelnut (one word).

### In the corpora

- [The hazel dormouse can hibernate for six months or more, after fattening up on hazelnuts and berries in autumn.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/55-sleep-and-hibernation/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hazel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.