How do you use the word "hazel" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "hazel": Witch hazel tightens pores without drying skin. You have such beautiful, hazel eyes.

Hazel Meaning

/ˈheɪzəl/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.

nounThe nut of the hazel tree.

Sentence Examples

Witch hazel tightens pores without drying skin.

You have such beautiful, hazel eyes.

I met a beautiful girl with hazel eyes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

chromatic

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Her ____ eyes were a mix of green and brown, looking beautiful.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She has beautiful ____ eyes that seem to change color depending on the light in the room.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English hasel, from Old English hæsl (“hazel, shrub”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasl, from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”). Cognates Cognate with Yola hawlse (“hazel”), Dutch hazel, hazelaar (“hazel”), German Hasel (“hazel”), Vilamovian hozuł (“hazel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish hassel (“hazel”), Icelandic hesli (“hazel”), Norwegian Nynorsk hasl, hassel (“hazel”); also Latin corulus, corylus (“hazel”), Irish call, coll (“hazel”), Manx coull (“hazel”), Scottish Gaelic coll (“hazel”), Welsh cyll (“hazel trees”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The green turf was velvet underfoot. The blackbirds fluted in the hazels there." — 1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water:

"Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper." — 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273:

"As she grew up and her hazel eyes became hazeler and her dark hair darker and her white skin whiter, and her form a sigh on every boy’s lips, she concentrated on one dream." — 1956 January 7, James L. Collings, “Syndicates: Oh Marie! Whatta Gal and Whatta Reporter”, in Robert U[tting] Brown, editor, Editor & Publisher, volume 89, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Editor & Publisher Co., Inc., →ISSN, page 40, column 1:

"The shrewd eyes, more hazel than her son’s but with the same straight brows, were fixed on Clary’s face." — 1986, Robyn Donald, chapter 4, in A Willing Surrender, London: Mills & Boon Limited, →ISBN, page 81:

"SAGE: Don’t my eyes look hazeler? (or: periwinkler) / CHLO: (as GARTH) Yes. / SAGE: You said you loved my hazel eyes. (or: periwinkle) Don’t you love them more hazely? (or: periwinkly)" — 1996, Adryan Russ, Doug Haverty, “Act Two”, in Inside Out, New York, N.Y.: Samuel French, Inc., →ISBN, page 58:

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