filbert

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈfɪlbət/
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/ˈfɪlbət/ · /ˈfɪlbɚt/ (US)

Definition of filbert

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The hazelnut.
    “I'll bring thee / To clust'ring filberts, and sometimes I'll get thee / Young scamels from the rock.”
    “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 […]”
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noun

  1. The hazelnut.
    “I'll bring thee / To clust'ring filberts, and sometimes I'll get thee / Young scamels from the rock.”
    “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 […]”
  2. The hazel tree.
  3. A paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a curving, tongue-shaped head.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

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.

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