boxberry

box·ber·ry

B b

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [boks-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
- /ˈbɒksˌbɛr i, -bə ri/
- /bˈɒksbəri/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boks-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
- /ˈbɒksˌbɛr i, -bə ri/

Definitions of boxberry word

noun boxberry the fruit of the partridgeberry or wintergreen 3
noun boxberry wintergreen (sense 1) wintergreen (sense 1a) 3
noun boxberry partridgeberry 3
noun plural boxberry the checkerberry. 1
noun plural boxberry the partridgeberry. 1
noun boxberry The teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens. 0

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Origin of boxberry

First appearance:

before 1700

One of the 50% oldest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1700-10; box3 + berry

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Parts of speech for Boxberry

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boxberry popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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