Filbert Definition

filbərt
filberts
noun
filberts
The edible nut of a hazel, esp. of a cultivated European tree (Corylus avellana or C. maxima); hazelnut.
Webster's New World
A tree bearing this nut.
Webster's New World

The hazelnut.

Wiktionary

A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.

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Noun

Singular:
filbert
Plural:
filberts

Origin of Filbert

  • Earlier filbert-nut, Philibert-nut, from Anglo-Norman noix de filbert, so named because they are ripe near Saint Philibert’s Day.

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Filbert Sentence Examples

  • The filbert, 2 among the numerous varieties of Corylus Avellana, is extensively cultivated, especially in Kent, for the sake of its nuts, which are readily distinguished from cob-nuts by their ample involucre and greater length.

  • The filbert is economically grown on the borders of plantations or orchards, or in open spots in woods.

  • Filbert nuts required for keeping must be gathered only when quite ripe; they may then be preserved in dry sand, or, after drying, by packing with a sprinkling of salt in sound casks or new FIG.

  • Amongst the forest and other trees are the oak, which yields large quantities of galls, the beech, fir, pine, ash and alder, also the chestnut, walnut and filbert.

  • In short, this is a country of hop-gardens, cherry, apple, pear, and filbert orchards, and quickset hedges.

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Words Starting With

FFIFIL

Words Ending With

TRTERT

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