raisin
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cooking.
dark purplish blue.
Origin of raisin
1Other words from raisin
- rai·sin·y, adjective
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How to use raisin in a sentence
In another case, a whole plate of uneaten food (including nuts, hummus and raisins) was pureed and inserted rectally.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture | Russell Saunders | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe oatmeal is served with brown sugar, butter and cream, blueberries and raisins.
Spaghetti for Breakfast?! Not So Crazy at This Idaho Farm Café | Jane & Michael Stern | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the president said he has tried to dissuade her from handing out just fruit and raisins for Halloween.
Mix dry ingredients (except raisins) together, and add to the wet ingredients.
There, they were presented with 40 crockpots of porridge; stacks of raisins, and piles of spoons.
Marguerite ate her raisins glaces without taking any more notice of me.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsRoger groaned—and turned it off with a desperate cough, as though the raisins burnt his throat.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry WoodThey grow some seven and twenty varieties of grape, and the export of raisins to Russia is a very large one.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramHer eyes looked like raisins in a bun and her mouth had almost disappeared.
Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman | Emma Speed SampsonMolly had a gay-looking figure, whose head was a fig, his body a potato, and his legs and arms bunches of raisins.
Marjorie's Busy Days | Carolyn Wells
British Dictionary definitions for raisin
/ (ˈreɪzən) /
a dried grape
Origin of raisin
1Derived forms of raisin
- raisiny, adjective
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