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Pears

[ pairz ]

noun

  1. Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.


Pears

/ pɪəz /

noun

  1. PearsSir Peter19101986MBritishMUSIC: tenor Sir Peter. 1910–86, British tenor, associated esp with the works of Benjamin Britten


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Example Sentences

For dessert, many different kinds of fruits (Fuji apples, Korean pears, persimmons) are piled onto one another and served.

Champagne Royale Take the most delicious fruit in season, such as blood orange, ripe pears or mandarins.

Pear Clafoutis by Tom Fitzmorris Sweet, ripe pears are a brilliant variation on clafoutis.

Next to the old house was a sand pear tree that produced delicious but very hard pears.

Pears are some of the best fruits of the whole year, and they only come around in the fall.

Another kind of cactus has crimson and scarlet blossoms, but no prickly pears.

Please send me a cake of Toilet Soap, Pears or any sort will do—not too big—if it will go in my soap box.

The dew moistened each leaf, or hung in glittering pendant drops upon the thorn of the prickly pears which lined the roads.

"'Pears like you might o' been a grain warmer about hit," growled the other, seating himself where he could watch her.

"'Pears like as if we were spiling the Egyptians," said an old man who had gathered an immense pile of blankets and coats.

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