hazel

Brown with some green in it, especially when describing eyes.

• She has hazel eyes.
• His hazel eyes looked green in the sunlight.
• The portrait shows a girl with dark hair and hazel eyes.

Similar words: greenish-brown

Common phrases: hazel eyes, hazel brown

A small tree or bush that produces round nuts with hard brown shells.

• A hazel grows beside the path.
• The hazels are covered in yellow catkins.
• We planted a hazel tree near the fence.

Similar words: hazelnut tree

Common phrases: hazel tree, hazel bush

Wood from the tree that produces hazelnuts, often used for sticks and woven fences.

• The handle is made of hazel.
• He cut hazel for the garden fence.
• Flexible hazel was woven into a basket.

Similar words: hazel wood

Common phrases: hazel wood, hazel rods

A brown colour with some green in it, especially as an eye colour.

• Her eyes are a warm hazel.
• The artist chose a shade of hazel.
• His eye colour is somewhere between green and hazel.

Common phrases: a warm hazel, shade of hazel

A round edible nut with a hard brown shell.

• He cracked a hazel between two stones.
• The children gathered hazels in a basket.
• She ate a handful of roasted hazels.

Similar words: hazelnut, filbert

Common phrases: ripe hazel, roasted hazel