blueberry

CEFRB1

/ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small round blue-purple fruit.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A dark blue colour.

Examples

  • He prepared the blueberry sauce with which to flavor the duck.

  • Please hide the blueberry jam where Takako can't see it.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
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Parts of speech
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Citations
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.

  2. An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.

  3. A kind of small spherical hematite-rich mineral concretion found on Mars.

More examples

In context

  • We blueberried on an open flat beside the river. The ground was covered with great frosted blue globules, sweet and warm in the sunshine.

  • We decided to go blueberrying one day up in our hills. We grabbed our blueberry cans, hitched them to our belts, and headed for the blueberries.

  • Meronym: anthocyanin

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Origin

noun

From blue + berry.