hazel
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈheɪzəl/
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avellana
- Her hazel eyes sparkled in the sunlight, revealing a mix of green and brown shades.
Examples
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Arturo had these incredible hazel eyes with dark lashes and dark brown hair that reached his shoulders.
Fiction book (2000) -
Blonde hair with hazel eyes.
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Long dark hair and hazel eyes... very, very pretty.
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And I love your beautiful, beautiful, hazel eyes.
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His eyes were green, too, or more of a hazel, really.
Fiction book (1995) -
You have specified hazel eyes, dark hair and fair skin.
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Charlotte Elizabeth had wide hazel eyes, a small nose, and a perfect mouth.
Fiction book (2001) -
Your eyes, they're just like pools of hazel.
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For a minute he studied her, noting the familiar gold flecks in her hazel eyes.
Fiction book (1994) -
Kari nodded and fixed her hazel eyes on the finish line 100 yards away.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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1.0
Having a medium to dark color like wood or tanned skin
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3.2
A brown colour with a little green, often in eyes or hair
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3.8
A brown color with a little green like a frog's skin
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3.5
Green with a hint of brown
A brown color with a greenish tinge like green olives
A brown color with a small touch of green like olives
A green color with a little brown mixed in
Compounds
- Specialized
A Chilean shrub that makes red fruit with an edible seed like a hazelnut
A shrub with broad leaves that produces edible nuts eaten by people and animals in eastern North America
- US
A small tree or bush with smooth bark and rounded leaves that grows near streams in eastern North America
- UK
A small animal like a mouse with a bushy tail that lives in trees and is active at night
- Australian
A tree that people grow for nuts you can eat, pretty branches, and useful wood
A small fragrant shrub from the lower Mississippi valley with tiny flowers that bloom in winter and spring
A common shrub from eastern North America that makes small yellow flowers after its leaves fall
A shrub with drooping clusters of yellow flowers that bloom in early spring before the leaves appear
- Specialized
A group of trees and shrubs that have flowers, including witch-hazel and sweetgum
How Brown
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hazel as a colour comes from the light brown of the hazelnut and the tree's wood, so people used it to describe a brown with yellow or green tones. That's why calling eyes 'hazel' means they are a greenish-brown or yellowish-brown colour.