cherry
A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
Noun 4 meanings
A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
The wood of a cherry tree.
Cherry red.
Adjective 3 meanings
Containing or having the taste of cherries.
Of a bright red color; cherry red.
In excellent condition; mint condition.
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 suggests a pre-Greek origin for the word).
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CHERRY at a glance
CHERRY has 6 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (C 3 + H 4 + E 1 + R 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,211 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cherry
All rhymesOne letter away
- SHERRY12
- CHEERY14
- WHERRY15
- CHARRY14
- CHERTY14
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