cranberry

CEFRB1

/ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small, red, sour berry used in food and drinks.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.

Examples

  • He made a cranberry sauce to accompany duck.

  • There is cranberry juice in the fridge.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The edible red berry of that shrub.

  2. A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.

More examples

In context

  • That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.

  • Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]

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Origin

noun

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry. Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).