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Word entry · 5 letters

fruit

Best crossword clue

"Apple or orange"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /fɹuːt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted firtuStarts with FEnds with T6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Edible plant product that often contains seeds; also the result of effort.

Word origin

From Middle English fruyt, frut (“fruits and vegetables”), from Old French fruit (“produce, fruits and vegetables”), from Latin fruitus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), frūctus and frūx (“crop, produce, fruit”) (compare Latin fruor (“have the benefit of, to use, to enjoy”)).

Used in a sentence

  • [A]fter the flower is past commeth the fruit in long pods, every seede bunching out like the pods of Orobus and as bigge almost as the smaller Pease.
  • His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
  • He spent his retirement enjoying the fruits of his labour.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Apple or orange5 letters
02Apple or pear5 letters
03Banana or apple5 letters
04Produce with seeds5 letters
05Sweet plant food5 letters
06Sweet plant produce5 letters

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