fruit crush
- noun
- /fruːt krʌʃ/
:
zumo de frutas
- She served a chilled fruit crush at the summer party.
Examples
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The menu offers a variety of fruit crushes, including mango and berry.
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I love a refreshing fruit crush on hot summer days.
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A homemade fruit crush is both refreshing and healthy.
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Have you tried the fruit crushes at the new café?
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A homemade fruit crush is both refreshing and healthy.
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She served a chilled fruit crush at the summer party.
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The menu offers a variety of fruit crushes, including mango and berry.
Synonyms
134
3.9
A cold mixed drink with fruit juice often served from a bowl
12
1.0
A drink you get by squeezing fresh fruit
4
1.8
A sweet drink made from mixed fruit juices often served at parties
2
1.5
A sweet drink made from fruit juice mixed with water and often added sugar
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1.3
A sweet drink without alcohol that tastes like fruit, often for children or parties
A sweet cold drink made from fruit juice
How Concentrated
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a drink made by squeezing or crushing fruit' is directly and compositionally derived from 'fruit' (the ingredient) + 'crush' (a pressing/crushed product). This noun-noun/compound interpretation follows a common and transparent pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words can infer without prior exposure.
Etymology
Fruit crush comes from the simple image of pressing ripe fruit until it gives out juice. A crush is the act of squashing, so a fruit crush is a sweet 'drink' made from the squeezed fruit.