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filbert

/ˈfɪlbət/US/ˈfɪlbɚt/

filbert noun: the hazelnut.

filbert: the hazelnut
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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...
    • I've seen one monkey force open the jaws of his brother, resolutely introduce his fingers, pluck from the sanctuary of his cheek the filbert he had just stowed there for his private nutrition and delight, and crunch and eat it with a stern ecstasy of selfishness, himself […]1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
    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.

Proper noun capitalized: Filbert

Filbert (plural Filberts)

  1. A surname.

filbert meaning in Bengali

filbert in Bengali

হ্যাজেলনাট, হ্যাজেল গাছ

Synonyms of filbert

Forms of filbert

Noun
pluralfilberts
alternative formfilberd
Proper noun
pluralFilberts

Origin of filbert

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

Words formed from filbert

Phrases with filbert

Questions about filbert

What does filbert mean?
Filbert means the hazelnut.
What is filbert in Bengali?
Filbert in Bengali is হ্যাজেলনাট, হ্যাজেল গাছ. See Filbert meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is filbert?
Filbert can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce filbert?
Filbert is pronounced /ˈfɪlbət/.
What is the plural of filbert?
The plural of filbert is filberts.

Words near filbert in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: filbert (page history and authors); Filbert (page history and authors); filbert (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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