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filberts

filberts is the plural 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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Proper noun capitalized: Filberts

Filberts

  1. (plural) plural of Filbert

Questions about filberts

What is filberts the plural of?
Filberts is the plural of filbert.
What part of speech is filberts?
Filberts is a proper noun.

Words near filberts in the dictionary

  1. filberd
  2. filberds
  3. filbert
  4. filbert gall
  5. filbert galls
  6. filberts
  7. Filbin
  8. filch
  9. filch'd
  10. filched
  11. filcher

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