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- [ber-ee]
- /ˈbɛr i/
- /ˈber.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ber-ee]
- /ˈbɛr i/
Definitions of berry word
- countable noun berry Berries are small, round fruit that grow on a bush or a tree. Some berries are edible, for example blackberries and raspberries. 3
- noun berry any of various small edible fruits such as the blackberry and strawberry 3
- noun berry an indehiscent fruit with two or more seeds and a fleshy pericarp, such as the grape or gooseberry 3
- noun berry any of various seeds or dried kernels, such as a coffee bean 3
- noun berry the egg of a lobster, crayfish, or similar animal 3
- verb berry to bear or produce berries 3
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Origin of berry
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 Berry
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
berry 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".
berry usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for berry
noun berry
- kernel — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
- bean — Beans such as green beans, French beans, or broad beans are the seeds of a climbing plant or the long thin cases which contain those seeds.
- grain — granularity
- hip — hypochondria.
- seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
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