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berry

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹi/

The English word “berry” has 13 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
  2. A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
  3. A coffee bean.
  4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish or crustacean.
  5. A police car.
  6. A dollar.
  7. A mound; a barrow.
  8. A burrow, especially a rabbit's burrow.
  9. An excavation; a military mine.

verb

  1. To pick berries.
  2. To bear or produce berries.
  3. To beat; give a beating to; thrash.
  4. To thresh (grain).

Etymology

From Middle English berie, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bäie, West Flemish beier, German Beere, Icelandic ber, Danish bær. The slang sense "police car" may come from the lights on the vehicles' roofs.

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