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cherry
CEFRA2
/ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A small round red or black fruit with a stone.
- 02
noun
Extra detailPrunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
Examples
I can't wait for spring to come so we can sit under the cherry trees.
Yoshino is a place famous for its cherry blossoms.
At a glance
Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 1
Also pronounced
- /-ɾi/
- /ˈt͡ʃeɹi/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe wood of a cherry tree.
A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
Cherry red.
More examples
In contextNothing stands in your way when you're a boy / Clothes always fit ya / Life is a pop of the cherry when you're a boy
"Well, Dangerfield, in less than an hour I'm off in search of my fortune. Jesus, I'm excited, like I was going to lose my cherry. Woke up this morning with an erection that almost touched the ceiling."
I'm horrified: Dag is burning holes in the roof of the car with the cherry of his cigarette.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a plural) and Old English ċiris, ċirse (“cherry”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirsijā, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, derived from Late Latin ceresium, cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry fruit”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin (the intervocalic σ suggests a pre-Greek origin for the word). Doublet of cerise, Giresun, and kirsch.