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filberd

filberd is the alternative form of filbert.

Meaning of filbert

Noun

filbert (plural filberts)

  1. The hazelnut.
    • I'll bring thee / To clust'ring filberts, and sometimes I'll get thee / Young scamels from the rock.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
    Synonyms:
    hazelnut
  2. The hazel tree.
    Synonyms:
    hazelnut
  3. A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.

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Forms of filberd

pluralfilberds

Questions about filberd

What is filberd the alternative form of?
Filberd is the alternative form of filbert.

Words near filberd in the dictionary

  1. filature
  2. filatures
  3. Filatyev
  4. filazer
  5. filazers
  6. filberd
  7. filberds
  8. filbert
  9. filbert gall
  10. filbert galls
  11. filberts

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