Cranberry Definition

krănbĕrē
cranberries
noun
A firm, sour, edible, red berry, the fruit of any of several trailing evergreen shrubs (genus Vaccinium) of the heath family.
Webster's New World
The berries of this plant, used in sauces, jellies, relishes, and beverages.
American Heritage
Any of these shrubs.
Webster's New World
Any of several other plants in the genus Vaccinium having red berries, especially V. oxycoccos.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Cranberry

Noun

Singular:
cranberry
Plural:
cranberries

Origin of Cranberry

  • Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m, which means and is cognate to crane + Beere f, which means and is cognate to berry.

    From Wiktionary

  • Partial translation of Low German Kraanbere Kraan crane (from Middle Low German kran gerə-2 in Indo-European roots) bere berry

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cranberry Sentence Examples

  • In the south-central part of the state there are valuable cranberry marshes.

  • Along the streams in this section are many swamps, valuable for the white cedar that they produce, or when cleared, for cranberry bogs.

  • In 1899 New Jersey produced nearly a fourth of the cranberry crop of the United States, the chief centre of production being the bogs of Burlington and Ocean counties.

  • All the Indian huckleberry hills are stripped, all the cranberry meadows are raked into the city.

  • Martha wants me to have the antiques we searched for together all the cranberry glass, the Hobstar crystal, even the Tiffany lamp she so cherished.

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