cherry
- noun
- /ˈtʃɛri/
- I want you to try this cherry cobbler.
- tart cherries
- cherry pie
- to pick cherries
Fun fact, did you know that some cherries are actually made in Italy?
- Fun fact, did you know that some cherries are actually made in Italy?
- So having debt is about as American as cherry pie and bald eagles.
- And it's a little cherry chapstick, like how cute is that?
- 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 soft juicy fruit with one hard seed inside, like a peach or cherry
A small red fruit that tastes sour and is used for cooking or baking
A small bright red cherry kept in sweet syrup and used to decorate drinks and desserts
A tree that grows sweet red fruit you can eat or the fruit it makes
A large sweet fruit with a heart shape that people eat fresh
A large sweet cherry shaped like a heart with soft juicy flesh
A small ornamental shrub from western USA with sweet black, red, or yellow fruit
An evergreen shrub or small tree from Catalina Island that produces small dark red edible fruit
A small woody plant from East Asia grown for smooth red fruit and pale pink or white flowers
A small tree or bush with bright red sour fruit
A small tree that grows naturally and the small tart fruit it makes
A tropical tree or shrub that makes small tart cherry-like fruit
A small Asian tree that makes small round fruit like a cherry or plum
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 plant with orange paper-like husks around its small fruits, often grown for decoration
An evergreen shrub or small tree from Catalina Island that produces small dark red edible fruit
- US
A tree from eastern North America with spicy brown bark and strong dark wood used for furniture
A bush or small evergreen tree with shiny leaves and white flowers used as a garden hedge
- Specialized
A sticky substance that comes from cherry tree bark and is used to make food thicker
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 tree or shrub with spiny leaves that stay green all year and white flowers
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
- Specialized
A small evergreen tree in the southern United States with glossy leaves and berries that are not edible
A small South American plant grown indoors for its bright, poisonous, cherry-sized fruit
- Specialized
A small dark bitter fruit from Dalmatia used to make maraschino liqueur
- 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
A fast-growing tropical evergreen tree with small sweet red fruit that people eat
- 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
- US
A small shrub in North America that grows in sandy soil and has small dark fruit not good to eat
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.