berry
IPA: bˈɛri
noun
- A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
- (botany) A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
- A coffee bean.
- One of the ova or eggs of a fish or crustacean.
- (slang, US, African-American English) A police car.
- (US, slang, dated) A dollar.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A mound; a barrow.
- (dialectal) A burrow, especially a rabbit's burrow.
- An excavation; a military mine.
- A surname from Middle English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A place name:
- A town in Fayette County, Alabama, United States, named after Thompson Berry.
- A minor city in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States.
- A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A municipality in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
- A village in the City of Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia, named after Alexander Berry.
- (rare) A female given name from English.
- A former province in Centre-Val de Loire, France
verb
- To pick berries.
- To bear or produce berries.
- (transitive) To beat; give a beating to; thrash.
- (transitive) To thresh (grain).
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Examples of "berry" in Sentences
- It's the main ingredient of the berry.
- The fruit is berry like, ovoid or globose, and fleshy.
- The fruit is a succulent berry with a thick rind, the size of a small lime.
- The berry has a somewhat tart flavor, fairly earthy with traces of sweetness.
- Berry and fruit growers have told us they need more bees to pollinate their crops.
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