FILBERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does filbert mean? 

• FILBERT (noun)
  The noun FILBERT has 2 senses:

1. small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe

2. nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus

  Familiarity information: FILBERT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FILBERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cobnut; Corylus avellana; Corylus avellana grandis; filbert

Hypernyms ("filbert" is a kind of...):

hazel; hazelnut; hazelnut tree (any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cob; cobnut; filbert; hazelnut

Hypernyms ("filbert" is a kind of...):

edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)

Holonyms ("filbert" is a part of...):

hazel; hazelnut; hazelnut tree (any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk)

 Context examples 

“By the black rood of Waltham!” he roared, “if any knave among you lays a finger-end upon the edge of my gown, I will crush his skull like a filbert!”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)