cranberry
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Definition of cranberry
9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable)A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
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noun
- (countable)A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
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(countable)The edible red berry of that shrub.
“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.”
- (countable, uncountable)An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.
adj
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(not-comparable)Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.
“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 […]”
name
- A community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Cranberry Township.
- A hamlet in Standon parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8236).
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Etymology
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. Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).
Words you can make from cranberry
128 playable · top: ERRANCY (12 pts)
Best play errancy 12 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
26 words- CYBER 12 pts
- BARNY 10 pts
- BARRY 10 pts
- BARYE 10 pts
- BAYER 10 pts
- BERRY 10 pts
- CARNY 10 pts
- CARRY 10 pts
- CRYER 10 pts
- YERBA 10 pts
- ACERB 9 pts
- BRACE 9 pts
- CABER 9 pts
- YARER 8 pts
- YEARN 8 pts
- BARER 7 pts
- BARRE 7 pts
- CANER 7 pts
- CARER 7 pts
- CRANE 7 pts
- NACRE 7 pts
- RACER 7 pts
- RANCE 7 pts
- REBAR 7 pts
- RARER 5 pts
- RERAN 5 pts
4-letter words
38 words- ABYE 9 pts
- BRAY 9 pts
- BYRE 9 pts
- CYAN 9 pts
- RACY 9 pts
- BANC 8 pts
- CARB 8 pts
- CRAB 8 pts
- AERY 7 pts
- EYRA 7 pts
- NARY 7 pts
- YARE 7 pts
- YARN 7 pts
- YEAN 7 pts
- YEAR 7 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- ACRE 6 pts
- BANE 6 pts
- BARE 6 pts
- BARN 6 pts
- BEAN 6 pts
- BEAR 6 pts
- BRAE 6 pts
- BRAN 6 pts
- BREN 6 pts
- BRRR 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- CARE 6 pts
- CARN 6 pts
- CARR 6 pts
- NABE 6 pts
- NARC 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- RARE 4 pts
- REAR 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- ABY 8 pts
- BAY 8 pts
- BEY 8 pts
- BYE 8 pts
- CAY 8 pts
- CRY 8 pts
- CAB 7 pts
- ANY 6 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- NAY 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ARB 5 pts
- ARC 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAN 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BRA 5 pts
- BRR 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- CAR 5 pts
- NAB 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- REB 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
2-letter words
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