Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The large edible nut of a cultivated variety of hazel.
- n. The plant bearing this fruit.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A round nut; a large hazelnut.
- n. A children's game, played with cobnuts.
Wiktionary
- n. The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut
- n. A game played by children with nuts.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Com.) A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.
- n. A game played by children with nuts.
WordNet 3.0
- n. small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
- n. nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
Examples
“Check out www.cobnuts.co.uk for other recipe ideas - damson and cobnut mincemeat caught my eye.”
“One cobnut and a thimbleful of sherry wine per diem.”
“Besides our unusual privilege of grape-growing in the open air, our little estate boasted a magnificent beurré pear tree, a small arbor of intertwined and peculiarly fine filbert and cobnut trees, and some capital greengage and apple trees; among the latter, a remarkably large and productive Ribstone pippin.”
“A newcomer in this field is Kentish cobnut oil from Hurstwood Farm near Sevenoaks in Kent www.cobnutoil.co.uk.”
“The power of the press: We all love a drizzle of olive oil, but what about cobnut, avocado or truffle?”
“You can substitute cobnut oil for butter in baked potatoes or toss boiled new potatoes in the oil with a little black pepper.”
“Chris is even more taken with his latest discovery: a cobnut tree.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Forget extra virgin, top chefs are raving about this home-produced cobnut oil, with its mild hazelnut flavour, perfect for dressings and drizzling.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“kentish cobnut cake, ketschcob nutcake, kennut cake cob....”
“stir cobnut oil into crumbled Roquefort cheese with a splash of sherry vinegar.”
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hernesheir Hazelnut, so says Larouse Gastronomique and other sources. Great term for describing the size of an object being described - "Oh, it was about as big as a cobnut - very much larger than a garden pea or the eraser on a new pencil. Not nearly as big as a conker." Feb 18, 2010