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 →

2) adjective (of eyes) Greenish-brown or light brown. tree →

3) (a name) Hazel is also a girl's name. tree →

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 →
• She has hazel eyes. tree →
• Hazel catkins appear in February. tree →
• He cut a hazel stick to use as a walking stick. tree →
• Dormice love hazel woods. tree →
• Hazel is my best friend's name. tree →
• "Shake, shake, hazel-tree, gold and silver over me!" tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hazel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.