cherry
IPA: tʃˈɛri
noun
- A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
- Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
- The wood of a cherry tree.
- (color) Cherry red.
- The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.
- (slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
- (graph theory) A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.
- (cricket, slang) A cricket ball.
- A round, red light of the kind that is typically mounted on top of a police car.
- The burning tip of a cigarette.
- A female given name from English, a pet form of Charity, also interpreted as a flower name.
- A surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona.
- A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
- Two townships in Pennsylvania, in Butler County and Sullivan County.
- An unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
- (soccer) someone connected with AFC Bournemouth, as a fan, player, coach etc.
adjective
- Containing or having the taste of cherries.
- Of a bright red colour; cherry red.
- (informal, often of cars) In excellent condition; mint condition.
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Examples of "cherry" in Sentences
- Cherry picking is the name of the game
- The cherry eye is a result of the entropion.
- Cherry blossoms are the reason for the season.
- The sour cherry can be sweater than the sweet cherry.
- The epiglottis and arytenoids are cherry red and swollen.
- The bark and fruit are similar to the often cultivated Magenta Cherry.
- This kind of cherry picking misses the forest for the trees, willfully.