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cherry

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/

The English word “cherry” has 17 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
  2. Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
  3. The wood of a cherry tree.
  4. Cherry red.
  5. The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.
  6. Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
  7. A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.
  8. A red cricket ball.
  9. A reddish mark left on the bat by the impact of the ball.
  10. A round, red light of the kind that is typically mounted on top of a police car.
  11. The burning tip of a cigarette.
  12. A woman’s breasts.

adjective

  1. Containing or having the taste of cherries.
  2. Of a bright red color; cherry red.
  3. In excellent condition; mint condition.

verb

  1. To redden; to infuse a cherrylike color to something.
  2. To cheer, to delight.

Etymology

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…

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