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Word entry · 10 letters

blackberry

Best crossword clue

"Hedgerow fruit"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈblækbəɹi/Part of speech verb, nounSorted abbceklrryStarts with BEnds with Y2 cluesVery common crossword word
1B2L3A4C5K6B7E8R9R10Y

Definitions

  1. Dark edible bramble fruit.

Word origin

From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan, equivalent to black + berry.

Used in a sentence

  • She had gone up into the tower alone and left them blackberrying in the sun
  • My mother and Cordelia were blackberrying along the woods edge of a nearby meadow.
  • Thereafter we blackberried unceasingly and returned with a large basketful, together with some maggoty windfall apples found neglected in the wet grass on the edge of an orchard and Mrs Clare duly stewed these for us.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Hedgerow fruit10 letters
02Dark bramble fruit10 letters

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