Berry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɛɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Berry is a noun meaning A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
Meaning
A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
More Meanings
- (botany) A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
- A coffee bean.
- One of the ova or eggs of a fish or crustacean.
- (US, slang, dated) A dollar.
- (intransitive) To pick berries.
- To bear or produce berries.
- (slang, US, African-American) A police car.
Example Sentences
The crabs carry their berries for six months.
On summer days Grandma used to take us berrying, whether we wanted to go or not.
Today was like one of those fly dreams / Didn't even see a berry flashin' those high beams
Four rounds and Enright still on his feet and a hundred and fifty thousand berries gone if he stays two more!
Word Forms
- berries
- berrying
- berried
- berye
- berie
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whortle, bay, fruit, grape, picking, bere.
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