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Word entry · 9 letters

cranberry

Best crossword clue

"Tart red fruit"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/Part of speech nounSorted abcenrrryStarts with CEnds with Y2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Tart red berry often used for sauce or juice.

Word origin

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry.

Used in a sentence

  • That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
  • Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Tart red fruit9 letters
02Sauce fruit9 letters

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