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cherry-sized

cherry-sized

2.0
Almost the same size as a cherry
  • adjective
translation icon : del tamaño de una cereza
  • The artist sculpted cherry-sized beads to decorate the necklace.

Examples

  • Look at that cherry-sized dog!

  • The chef placed a cherry-sized tomato on each plate for garnish.

  • She found a cherry-sized lump on her arm and decided to see a doctor.

  • The cherry-sized tomatoes were perfect for the salad.

  • The cherry-sized fruit was perfect for snacking on a hot summer day.

  • She bought a cherry-sized light bulb to replace the one that burned out.

  • The child pointed to a cherry-sized rock that she found on the beach.

How Big

thumb-sized
1 2.2
cherry-sized
2.0

Surface Forms

cherry-sized positive

Morphology

cherry-sized = cherry (transparent) = cherry + sized

The adjective is a straightforward descriptive formation meaning 'of the size of a cherry', which learners can derive from 'cherry' + '-sized'.

Etymology

The word cherry-sized is made from cherry and -sized, and it means 'about the size of a cherry'. Think of a small, round cherry to picture how big something is when we say it is cherry-sized.