berry

[US]/ˈberi/
[UK]/ˈberi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small, pulpy fruit without a stone, such as a grape or tomato; a small nut or seed, such as a lobster egg
vi. to produce berries; to gather berries

Phrases & Collocations

strawberry

blueberry

raspberry

blackberry

black berry

halle berry

juniper berry

in berry

Example Sentences

went berrying in July.

the berries were plump and sweet.

raw berries have an intensely bitter flavour.

the tree has a good crop of berries in winter.

Are these berries edible, or are they poisonous?

juniper berries give gin its distinctive flavour.

the berries were prized for their healing properties.

These berries are the devil to pick because they’re so small.

A fleshy berry-like fruit with a tough rind, as a lemon or orange.

red berries standing in vivid contrast against the snow.

picking cultivated berries is like shooting fish in a barrel.

Briary: Describes young wines with an earthy or stemmy wild berry character.

A little old woman with a wrinkled face as brown as a berry told us our fortunes for ten pence.

berry bacca contains many vitamin C, edible bacca can make the skin maintains pulling force. Need not suspect at this o'clock.

Leaves strong floral pastille and berry liqueur notes behind, finishing with excellent cut and precision.

A.S. Nowick and B.S.Berry,Anelastic Relaxationin Crystalline Solids, Academic Press, New York,1972.

2(1) Fleshy or ligneous berry; seeds wingless; scandent often arboreous shrubs or small trees.

A very full bodied solid wine with ripe crushed plum and berry fruit and powerful chocolaty tannins.

Ingredient: hibiscus, hip pericarp, apple, erberry, black berry, spice, leaf of black berry.

Real-world Examples

Does the plant have colorful berries for winter interest?

Source: VOA Slow English - Entertainment

They feed on berries and plants found in the woods.

Source: National Parks of the United States

Poor Cuffy! How hungry he was for some nice sweet berries.

Source: Recitation for Kings Volume 1 (All 100 Lessons)

They enjoy catching salmon and eating wild berries in the summer.

Source: National Parks of the United States

This dry huskis removed by rolling the berries in a machine.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

All because they ate a few extra berries.

Source: Science in Life

He had strawberries as well, gooseberries, so every berry you could think of.

Source: American English dialogue

So it's saving surplus berries to make this drink.

Source: Gourmet Base

We make the dressing with fresh berries.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

Some boys had been there before dinner, and all the ripe berries were picked.

Source: American Original Language Arts Third Volume

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