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rum cherry

rum cherry

4.7
A cherry kept in rum and sugar to flavor drinks and cakes
  • noun
translation icon : cereza al ron
  • The bartender placed a bright rum cherry on the glass for a sweet finish.

Examples

  • She packed a jar of homemade rum cherry to give to friends at Christmas.

  • The recipe called for a diced rum cherry stirred into the cake batter for extra flavor.

  • I love adding a rum cherry to my cocktails.

  • The bartender garnished the drink with a rum cherry.

  • The bartender garnished the drink with a rum cherry for added sweetness.

  • I always add a rum cherry to my cocktails for a rich flavor.

  • For dessert, she topped the cake with a rum cherry and whipped cream.

Synonyms

maraschino
vsrum cherry
3 8.6

A sweet cherry kept in syrup and used to decorate drinks or desserts

is preserved in a distilled spirit with sugar instead of liqueur syrup
maraschino cherry
vsrum cherry
1 5.1

A small bright red cherry kept in sweet syrup and used to decorate drinks and desserts

is preserved in a distilled spirit and sugar rather than liqueur syrup

Surface Forms

rum cherry singular
rum cherries plural

Morphology

rum + cherry

The compound is a simple modifier + noun structure where 'rum' specifies the type or treatment of the 'cherry', so a learner who knows 'rum' (an alcoholic spirit) and 'cherry' will readily infer a cherry associated with rum (e.g., soaked or preserved in rum). This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically for food/drink compounds, so the meaning is immediately derivable from the constituents for a B1 learner.

Etymology

Rum cherry means a cherry preserved in rum and sugar for drinks or cakes. Imagine bright cherries sitting in a jar of rum and sugar, soaking up the sweet, dark flavor, so the name simply says the cherries are 'soaked in rum' and explains why people use them on top of drinks and in recipes.