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cranberry

cranberry

61 1.4
A small tart red berry often used to make sauce and juice
  • noun
  • /ˈkrænˌbɛri/
translation icon : arándano rojo
  • We've got our mashed potatoes, our cranberry sauce, our Turkey.
  • cranberry juice

You had your gravy, you cranberry sauce, chutney, whatever.

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Examples

  • - Could I get more cranberry sauce?

  • Um, did you remember to pick up the cranberry sauce?

  • Somebody pass me the cranberry sauce.

  • Do you want cranberry juice or cranberry cocktail?

  • Could I have a vodka and cranberry?

  • Turkey, cranberry, stuffing, the works!

  • So I put on my oldest jeans and a shirt that had been stained with cranberry juice.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • An ice-cold glass of cranberry juice makes a tasty, refreshing, and healthful drink on a warm spring day.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Foods such as spinach and broccoli can affect warfarin, as can cranberry juice.

    Academic text (2012)
  • She served the turkey with homemade cranberry sauce at the dinner table.

Synonyms

berry
vscranberry
41 1.0

A small juicy fruit used in desserts and jams

is the specific very tart red fruit used mostly for sauces and juice
American cranberry
vscranberry
  • US
3.0

A low plant with small red berries used for sauces and juice

is a very tart berry commonly used to make sauces and juice
Vaccinium macrocarpon
vscranberry
  • Specialized
9.0

A low North American plant with trailing stems and red berries used for juice and sauce

is the common food name for the same tart berry used in sauces
large cranberry
vscranberry
  • US
2.5

A low North American plant that makes red berries people use for sauce and juice

is a smaller very tart berry commonly used for sauces and juice
small cranberry
vscranberry
5.1

A low trailing plant of cold places that makes small red berries you can eat

is the very tart berry commonly used to make sauce and juice
European cranberry
vscranberry
  • UK
6.6

A low plant that grows in cold bogs and has small red edible berries

is the same tart berry used mainly for sauces and beverages
wild cranberry
vscranberry
  • UK
4.4

A low bush that stays green all year and has small white flowers and red berries

is the cultivated tart berry used commonly in cooking and juice
lowbush cranberry
vscranberry
  • US
8.9

A small tart red berry that grows on low shrubs in cold regions

is the larger cultivated berry typically used for sauce and juice
hog cranberry
vscranberry
  • UK
9.9

A low evergreen shrub with small white flowers and red berries whose leaves turn red in autumn

is the edible tart berry commonly used in sauces and beverages
mountain cranberry
vscranberry
4.7

A low evergreen shrub from northern places that makes small tart red berries

is the very tart berry commonly used to make sauces and juice
highbush cranberry
vscranberry
  • US
8.5

A North American bush or small tree with leaves in three parts and bright red berries people eat

is the tart small berry used mainly for cooking and juicing

Compounds

A sweet red sauce made from cranberries to eat with roast meat like turkey

A drink made from cranberries, often mixed with water and sugar

A North American shrub with leaves in three parts that makes bright red berries

cranberry culture
  • Specialized
4.1

Growing cranberries as a crop for sale

cranberry heath
  • Australian
9.9

A low bush with bright red flowers and small edible fruits like cranberries

A sweet alcoholic drink made with cranberries

A small tree or bush with white flowers and bright red berries

A low plant with small red berries used for sauces and juice

A North American shrub or small tree with three-lobed leaves and clusters of red berries

A low plant that grows in cold bogs and has small red edible berries

A bush with white flowers and bright red berries often grown in gardens

A low North American plant that makes red berries people use for sauce and juice

A small tart red berry that grows on low shrubs in cold regions

A low evergreen shrub from northern places that makes small tart red berries

9.9

A low evergreen shrub with small white flowers and red berries whose leaves turn red in autumn

A North American bush or small tree with leaves in three parts and bright red berries people eat

native cranberry
  • Australian
7.4

A low spreading shrub with bright red flowers and small berries like cranberries

A low trailing plant of cold places that makes small red berries you can eat

A low bush that stays green all year and has small white flowers and red berries

How Tart

lemon
318 1.0
sour cherry
1 2.9
cranberry
61 1.4
raspberry
64 1.0
blueberry
96 1.0

Surface Forms

cranberry singular
cranberries plural

Morphology

cranberry = crane + berry (semi-transparent) = cran + berry

The second element 'berry' is transparent, but the first element 'cran' (from 'crane') is not obvious to learners and does not transparently contribute to meaning.

Etymology

Cranberry comes from the bird crane and the word berry, and people once called the fruit 'crane-berry' because the little flowers looked like a crane's beak. That's why cranberry now means the small, tart red berry used for sauce and juice.