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berry
1[ ber-ee ]
noun
- any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry.
- Botany. a simple fruit having a pulpy pericarp in which the seeds are embedded, as the grape, gooseberry, currant, or tomato.
- a dry seed or kernel, as of wheat.
- the hip of the rose.
- one of the eggs of a lobster, crayfish, etc.
- the berries, Older Slang. someone or something very attractive or unusual.
verb (used without object)
- to gather or pick berries:
We went berrying this morning.
- to bear or produce berries.
Berry
2[ ber-ee; French be-ree ]
noun
- Charles Edward Anderson Chuck, 1926–2017, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.
- Also Berri. a former province in central France.
Berry
1noun
- ˈbɛrɪ BerryChuck1926MUSMUSIC: rock guitaristMUSIC: singerMUSIC: songwriter Chuck , full name Charles Edward Berry . born 1926, US rock-and-roll guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His frequently covered songs include "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), "Memphis, Tennessee" (1959), and "Promised Land" (1964)
- bɛri BerryJean de France13401416MFrenchPOLITICS: statesman Jean de France (ʒɑ̃ də frɑ̃s), Duc de. 1340–1416, French prince, son of King John II; coregent (1380–88) for Charles VI and a famous patron of the arts
berry
2/ ˈbɛrɪ /
noun
- any of various small edible fruits such as the blackberry and strawberry
- botany an indehiscent fruit with two or more seeds and a fleshy pericarp, such as the grape or gooseberry
- any of various seeds or dried kernels, such as a coffee bean
- the egg of a lobster, crayfish, or similar animal
verb
- to bear or produce berries
- to gather or look for berries
berry
/ bĕr′ē /
- A simple fruit that has many seeds in a fleshy pulp. Grapes, bananas, tomatoes, and blueberries are berries.
- Compare drupeSee more at simple fruit
- A seed or dried kernel of certain kinds of grain or other plants such as wheat, barley, or coffee.
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Derived Forms
- ˈberried, adjective
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Other Words From
- berry·less adjective
- berry·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Jason Berry received a 1992 Alicia Patterson Fellowship for his coverage of demagogues in Louisiana.
“Very few district attorneys are willing to go after a bishop,” says Berry.
“It sounds horrible,” Camden Green Party Councillor Sian Berry told The Mirror.
Jason Berry was coproducer of the Frontline film, “Secrets of the Vatican.”
Until they do, Berry utilizes her star quality to keep us riveted and awaiting whatever twist comes next.
Bordering them were great quantities of berry-laden snow-berry bushes, of which I am very fond.
It was interesting to see the piles of berry crates loaded upon the steamer from the docks extending out into the lake.
William Berry, an English author, died at Bristol, aged 77; author of various works on genealogy and heraldry.
Dealers in wool, acting as selling agents for owners, and buying agents for fleece merchants of Berry.
There is no berry so fascinating nor so delicious to me as a raspberry, especially at breakfast, half hidden under golden cream.
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