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prune

prune

50 2.2
A dried plum eaten as a snack or used in cooking
  • noun
  • /pruːn/
translation icon : ciruela pasa
  • But her recipes called for two pounds of prunes and eight to ten apples.
  • prune juice
  • dried prunes
  • prunes and apricots

Considering how small each prune is, it's amazing.

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Examples

  • Julia also recommended garnishing the duck platter with cooked prunes and apples, each cooked with separate recipes.

    Blog text (20)
  • Then they began talking about the prune pies they had for dessert.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Considering how small each prune is, it's amazing.

  • I tried the prune diet once and felt ill the entire time.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • A lot of people say, "Can you put the prune sauce on the side?"

    Blog text (31)
  • I had grown up on this ranch, 23 acres of prune trees and grapevines in Northern California's wine country.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Puree apple, prunes, and dates in a blender. Add the next 6 ingredients. Process until smooth.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • "From the orchard, I make fruit compote from dried apples and prunes, and from the sky, honey."

    Academic text (1996)
  • May's shopping list: the prunes and the All-Bran P242 cereal, a single grapefruit, a skinny one-quart carton of skim milk.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • You can use chopped prunes in your oatmeal for added flavor and nutrition.

Compounds

A moist cake made with pureed prunes

prune whip
  • Archaic
8.1

A sweet dessert of mashed prunes mixed with whipped cream

Surface Forms

prune singular
prunes plural

Etymology

Prune comes from an old French and Latin word prunum meaning 'plum', so a prune is simply a dried plum.