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sweet cherry

sweet cherry

1 2.0
A tree that grows sweet red fruit you can eat or the fruit it makes
  • noun
  • /swit ˈʧɛri/
translation icon : cereza dulce
  • While it still may produce some, we wanted to get a couple more going in the meantime and opted for sweet cherries this time.
  • cup of sweet cherries
  • pound of sweet cherries
  • fresh sweet cherries

So these are dark sweet cherries that have already been headed and help Mama dump it.

Examples

  • The sweet cherry tree in my backyard produces a large crop every summer, attracting many birds.

  • So these are dark sweet cherries that have already been headed and help Mama dump it.

    Aspyn Ovard

  • In July, we picked fresh sweet cherries from the orchard and enjoyed them on our picnic.

  • Sweet cherries are often used to make delicious jams and desserts due to their rich flavor.

Synonyms

cherry
vssweet cherry
26 1.0

A tree or shrub that makes small round fruit with one hard stone

is limited to the specific species that gives sweet edible fruit
cherry tree
vssweet cherry
8 1.0

A tree or shrub that grows small round fruit with one hard stone

refers specifically to the species that yields sweet edible fruit rather than any species
Prunus avium
vssweet cherry
  • Specialized
9.9

A large tree from Europe and Asia that makes sweet cherries people eat

focuses on the sweet edible cultivated fruit rather than wild bitter forms
heart cherry
vssweet cherry
4.7

A large sweet fruit with a heart shape that people eat fresh

refers to the whole tree and its sweet fruit, not one shaped variety

How Sweet

sweet cherry
1 2.0
sour cherry
1 2.9

Surface Forms

sweet cherry singular
sweet cherries plural

Morphology

sweet + cherry

The meaning is directly compositional: 'sweet' (having sugary taste) modifies 'cherry' (the fruit), so it denotes a cherry that is sweet or the tree producing such cherries. This regular adjective + noun combination follows standard English and cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.

Etymology

The name sweet cherry is a simple label for the tree or fruit that makes sweet, edible cherries. People used sweet to show it tastes good, not the 'sour' kind used for cooking, so today sweet cherry means the sweet fruit or the tree that gives it.