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strawberry.

The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/UK[ʃt͡ʃɹɔːbɹi]UK/ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/General-American/ˈstɹɑˌbɛɹi/cot-caught-merger
  1. The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.

    countable · uncountable
    They went to pick strawberries today.
  2. Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).

    countable · uncountable
    She has the best strawberry patch I've ever seen.
  3. The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus)

    countable · uncountable
  4. A dark pinkish red color, like that of the fruit; strawberry red.

    countable · uncountable
  5. Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise, birthmark, or infantile hemangioma (naevus).

    countable · rare · uncountable
    strawberry marks
  6. A prostitute who exchanges sexual services for crack cocaine.

    US · countable · slang · uncountable
  7. A butt plug with one end shaped like a strawberry fruit.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew-der. Proto-Germanic *strawą Proto-West Germanic *strau Old English strēaw Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Old English strēawberġe Middle English strawberie English strawberry From Middle English strawberie, strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are: # from the fact that wild strawberries grow on straw-like runners (compare Norwegian stråbær, denoting cranberries, which grow in a similar way); # from the practice, still common in parts of Europe, of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk.

adj/ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/UK[ʃt͡ʃɹɔːbɹi]UK/ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/General-American/ˈstɹɑˌbɛɹi/cot-caught-merger
  1. Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.

    I'd like a large strawberry shake.
  2. Flavored with ethyl methylphenylglycidate, an artificial compound which is said to resemble the taste of strawberries.

  3. Of a color similar to the color of strawberry-flavoured products.

    The strawberry lipstick matched his outfit.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew-der. Proto-Germanic *strawą Proto-West Germanic *strau Old English strēaw Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Old English strēawberġe Middle English strawberie English strawberry From Middle English strawberie, strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are: # from the fact that wild strawberries grow on straw-like runners (compare Norwegian stråbær, denoting cranberries, which grow in a similar way); # from the practice, still common in parts of Europe, of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk.

verb/ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/UK[ʃt͡ʃɹɔːbɹi]UK/ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/General-American/ˈstɹɑˌbɛɹi/cot-caught-merger
  1. To gather strawberries.

    intransitive
  2. To turn a dark pinkish-red.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew-der. Proto-Germanic *strawą Proto-West Germanic *strau Old English strēaw Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Old English strēawberġe Middle English strawberie English strawberry From Middle English strawberie, strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are: # from the fact that wild strawberries grow on straw-like runners (compare Norwegian stråbær, denoting cranberries, which grow in a similar way); # from the practice, still common in parts of Europe, of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk.

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