0%

thimbleberry

thim·ble·ber·ry
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [thim-buh l-ber-ee]
    • /ˈθɪm bəlˌbɛr i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [thim-buh l-ber-ee]
    • /ˈθɪm bəlˌbɛr i/

Definitions of thimbleberry word

  • noun plural thimbleberry any of several American raspberries bearing a thimble-shaped fruit, especially the black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis. 1
  • noun thimbleberry any North American raspberry, esp Rubus occidentalis, R. parviflorus, and R. odoratus, producing thimble-shaped berries 0
  • noun thimbleberry the berry from the Rubus occidentalis, R. parviflorus, or R. odoratus 0
  • noun thimbleberry black raspberry 0
See all 4 definitions of thimbleberry

Information block about the term

Origin of thimbleberry

First appearance:

before 1780
One of the 45% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1780-90; thimble + berry

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Thimbleberry

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

thimbleberry popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

thimbleberry usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?