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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