'Hazel' definitions:

Definition of 'hazel'

From: WordNet
adjective
Of a light brown or yellowish brown color
noun
Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine- grained wood and bearing edible nuts [syn: hazel, hazel tree, Pomaderris apetala]
noun
The fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
noun
Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk [syn: hazelnut, hazel, hazelnut tree]
noun
A shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes

Definition of 'Hazel'

From: GCIDE
  • Hazel \Ha"zel\ (h[=a]"z'l), n. [OE. hasel, AS. h[ae]sel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.]
  • 1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the Corylus avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are Corylus Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and Corylus rostrata. See Filbert. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
  • Hazel earth, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam.
  • Hazel grouse (Zool.), a European grouse ({Bonasa betulina}), allied to the American ruffed grouse.
  • Hazel hoe, a kind of grub hoe.
  • Witch hazel. See Witch-hazel, and Hamamelis. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hazel'

From: GCIDE
  • Hazel \Ha"zel\, a.
  • 1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand. [1913 Webster]
  • I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. "Thou hast hazel eyes." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'hazel'

From: GCIDE
  • colorful \colorful\ adj.
  • 1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing; prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled}]
  • Syn: colourful. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious; flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque] [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and monochrome.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn, reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden; azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful, blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy; brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary, canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation; chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored, earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green, dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender, lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored; ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive; orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish; purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red; rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel, brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine; tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish; yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey, honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta; maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green; sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark, light.]
  • Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'Hazel'

From: Easton
  • Hazel Heb. luz, (Gen. 30:37), a nutbearing tree. The Hebrew word is rendered in the Vulgate by amygdalinus, "the almond-tree," which is probably correct. That tree flourishes in Syria.

Synonyms of 'hazel'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Hazel, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hazel, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000) :
105
Housing Units (2000) :
44
Land area (2000) :
0.244571 sq. miles (0.633437 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.244571 sq. miles (0.633437 sq. km)
FIPS code :
27940
Located within :
South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location :
44.758926 N, 97.380800 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
57242
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Hazel, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Hazel, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000) :
440
Housing Units (2000) :
223
Land area (2000) :
0.379210 sq. miles (0.982149 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.379210 sq. miles (0.982149 sq. km)
FIPS code :
35380
Located within :
Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location :
36.504658 N, 88.325443 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
42049
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Words containing 'Hazel'