cranberry

IPA: krˈænbɛri

noun

  • (countable) A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
  • (countable) The edible red berry of that shrub.
  • An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry
  • A community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
  • An unincorporated community in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • A township and unincorporated community therein, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
  • A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Cranberry Township.
  • A hamlet in Standon parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8236).

adjective

  • Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.
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Examples of "cranberry" in Sentences

  • Compounds in cranberry juice show promise as alternatives to antibiotics
  • Made couscous boiled in cranberry juice instead of water, and that was sort of tasty.
  • Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal Butternut squash tortelli in cranberry-sage brown butter.
  • With a shell made entirely from recycled plastic, the CollapsiBowl comes in cranberry and midnight blue.
  • It was luscious and creamy and the tart of the cranberry was a nice contrast to the sweetness of the semi-freddo.
  • We found plenty of a berry, which we called the cranberry, because they are nearly of the same colour, size, and shape.
  • Wisconsin cranberry farmer and processor Cheryl Urban agreed big buyers can be great news, but she warned of a downside.
  • The cranberry is generally grown in moist soil or peat earth; but it may be grown in beds in the common garden like the strawberry.
  • Today it’s raining and cold, so I’m stuck sitting at my corner table in the cafeteria with my yogurt and carrot sticks and a box of blood what I call cranberry juice in a box.
  • The cranberry is another valuable commercial plant that has been greatly affected by an insect known as the cranberry fruit worm, but by spraying, growers have been able to reduce the damage from sixty per cent. down to fourteen per cent.

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