I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hazel (= pale brown and slightly green or golden )
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He was a quiet, kindly man, with hazel eyes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
witch
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The messenger departed in search of witch hazel for his neck, leaving Blondel even more despondent than before.
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For very oily skin or acne, you could use a more astringent base such as witch hazel .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the opening arms of the sky forget me Into the buried tunnel of hazels.
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Chunks of oak, ash, alder, beech, sycamore and hazel lay here and there, awaiting their miracles.
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For very oily skin or acne, you could use a more astringent base such as witch hazel .
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Freshly cut hazel can throw out branches 3m long in a season.
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One of the males used a length of cut hazel to pole the craft out of the willow wood and into clear water.
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Small wonder that hazel was viewed as a magical tree with protective powers.
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The fourth section is the Kitchen Garden with an avenue of Ballerina fruit trees, trained cherries and golden-leaved hazels.
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The messenger departed in search of witch hazel for his neck, leaving Blondel even more despondent than before.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
tree
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There was a grey squirrel nipping up and down a hazel tree near the stream.
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Ashputtel escaped back to the hazel tree and removed her gown and slippers, which the bird carried away.
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On the lower branch of a hazel tree , a greenish bird with a very white belly was singing vigorously.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Big, hazel eyes and cold, blue ones.
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He had small shrewd hazel eyes that as a rule missed nothing.
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I use hazel stakes, cut in the autumn after the sap has receded.
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Once again this autumn, I lost the race with the squirrels to harvest the hazel nuts.
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There was a grey squirrel nipping up and down a hazel tree near the stream.
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Those hazel eyes, both dreamy and world-weary.