berry
A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
Noun 4 meanings
A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
A coffee bean.
One of the ova or eggs of a fish or crustacean.
Verb 4 meanings
To pick berries.
“On summer days Grandma used to take us berrying, whether we wanted to go or not.”
To bear or produce berries.
To beat; give a beating to; thrash.
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.
BERRY at a glance
BERRY has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (B 3 + E 1 + R 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,304 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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