Definitions
A dried grape, often used in baking.
Word origin
From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Possibly a distant cognate of Persian رز (raz, “vine”). Doublet of raceme.
Used in a sentence
“Some of the fruit had turned black and shrunken — becoming, effectively, absurdly high-cost raisins.”
“The ultraripe grapes are usually dried in the sun for a few days so they can raisin and their sugars can be concentrated before they are crushed and pressed.”
“Too much water and the taste would be too thin. Too little and the grapes would raisin.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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