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berries

ber·ry
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ber-ee]
    • /ˈbɛr i/
    • /ˈber.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ber-ee]
    • /ˈbɛr i/

Definitions of berries word

  • noun plural berries any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry. 1
  • noun plural berries Botany. a simple fruit having a pulpy pericarp in which the seeds are embedded, as the grape, gooseberry, currant, or tomato. 1
  • noun plural berries a dry seed or kernel, as of wheat. 1
  • noun plural berries the hip of the rose. 1
  • noun plural berries one of the eggs of a lobster, crayfish, etc. 1
  • noun plural berries the berries, Older Slang. someone or something very attractive or unusual. 1
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Origin of berries

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English berie, Old English beri(g)e; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German beri (German Beere), Old Norse ber < Germanic basjá-; akin to Dutch besie, Gothic -basi < Germanic básja-

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Parts of speech for Berries

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Berries

berries popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for berries

noun berries

  • corns — Plural form of corn.
  • drupes — Plural form of drupe.
  • ovaries — Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
All 3 Synonyms of berries

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  • acinus

    any of the terminal saclike portions of a compound gland

  • akebi

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  • allspice

    Allspice is a powder used as a spice in cooking, which is made from the berries of a tropical American tree.

  • ampelopsis

    any woody vine of the vitaceous genus Ampelopsis, of tropical and subtropical Asia and America
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