cherry
- noun
- /ˈtʃɛri/
- I want you to try this cherry cobbler.
- tart cherries
- cherry pie
- to pick cherries
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- I do want to hear about tart cherry and Kiwi fruit.
Examples
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Can we please get cherries and ice cream to go?
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I'd like one beef and kidney pie, a half a loaf of bread, and one of those cherry tarts.
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Give me back my cherry Danish.
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Hey, Joe, how about a slice of that cherry pie for my friend over there?
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And then for dessert, we've got a cherry pie and ice cream.
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So, are these real chocolate-covered cherries?
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Cherry season already, huh?
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Oh, by the way, Mrs. Jensen cooked up some cherry pie and stew.
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Janice says, "Harry, have another of these cherry Danishes before they go stale."
Fiction book (1990) -
I picked fresh cherries from the tree in my backyard.
Synonyms
An edible part of a plant like an apple or orange
A small bright red cherry kept in sweet syrup and used to decorate drinks and desserts
A small red fruit that tastes sour and is used for cooking or baking
A soft juicy fruit with one hard seed inside, like a peach or cherry
A small tree that grows naturally and the small tart fruit it makes
A large sweet fruit with a heart shape that people eat fresh
A tree that grows sweet red fruit you can eat or the fruit it makes
A small Asian tree that makes small round fruit like a cherry or plum
A large sweet cherry shaped like a heart with soft juicy flesh
A small tree or bush with bright red sour fruit
An evergreen shrub or small tree from Catalina Island that produces small dark red edible fruit
A small ornamental shrub from western USA with sweet black, red, or yellow fruit
A small woody plant from East Asia grown for smooth red fruit and pale pink or white flowers
A tropical tree or shrub that makes small tart cherry-like fruit
A cherry kept in rum and sugar to flavor drinks and cakes
Idioms
- Offensive
To do something for the first time, often used informally about a person's first time having sex
Compounds
A small bright red cherry kept in sweet syrup and used to decorate drinks and desserts
A bush or small evergreen tree with shiny leaves and white flowers used as a garden hedge
A plant that has bright red berries and is often used for decoration but can be poisonous
A large North American tree that has small black sour fruit people can eat
- Specialized
A small dark bitter fruit from Dalmatia used to make maraschino liqueur
- US
A tree from eastern North America with spicy brown bark and strong dark wood used for furniture
- Specialized
A sticky substance that comes from cherry tree bark and is used to make food thicker
An evergreen shrub or small tree from Catalina Island that produces small dark red edible fruit
A small tree or shrub with spiny leaves that stay green all year and white flowers
- Specialized
A small evergreen tree in the southern United States with glossy leaves and berries that are not edible
A fast-growing tropical evergreen tree with small sweet red fruit that people eat
- US
A small shrub in North America that grows in sandy soil and has small dark fruit not good to eat
A plant with orange paper-like husks around its small fruits, often grown for decoration
A small European tree with clusters of sweet-smelling white flowers and black fruit eaten by birds
- Specialized
A small garden plant with round yellow berries inside a papery husk
A small European tree that has groups of white flowers and small black fruit
- Specialized
An evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy leaves, white flower clusters, and poisonous fruit
A small South American plant grown indoors for its bright, poisonous, cherry-sized fruit
- Specialized
A wild Dalmatian cherry tree whose bitter fruit is used to make a sweet alcoholic cherry drink
- Archaic
A wild kind of sweet cherry tree often used as the root for other cherry trees
An evergreen shrub or small tree with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers from California
A small tree or shrub with golden-yellow leaves in autumn and small black berries
- Specialized
A small ornamental shrub from western USA with sweet black, red, or yellow fruit
- Specialized
A small woody plant from East Asia grown for smooth red fruit and pale pink or white flowers
A sweet alcoholic drink made with cherries, often used in cocktails or desserts
A small red or yellow fruit from a tropical shrub that is high in vitamin C
How Ripe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cherry comes from Old French cerise, which itself comes from a Greek name for a town, Kerasous, where people first grew the fruit. So cherry means the small, round fruit and the name helps you remember it came from that place.