any of various kinds of sweet grapes, usually seedless, dried for eating
Origin of raisin
Old French reisin from Vulgar Latin an unverified form racimus from Classical Latin racemus, cluster of grapesraisin
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raisin
noun
- A sweet grape dried either in the sun or by artificial means.
- A deep brownish purple.
Origin of raisin
Middle English from Old French grape from Vulgar Latin racīmus from Latin racēmus bunch of grapesTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Usage notes
In the USA, raisin refers to any kind of dried grape. In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, raisin is reserved for the dried large dark grape, with sultana meaning the dried large white grape, and currant meaning the dried small Black Corinth grape.
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Sentence Examples
- Quinn asked the question over oatmeal and raisin toast on Saturday morning.
- In addition to a tube of coffee lip balm, the set also includes four jars of mineral eye shadow and blush (including barely-peach Apricot, soft violet-rose Berry Essence, vivid rose Raisin Red and dusky tan Mocha).
- Branch of Raisin river, near the S.E.
- They took part in the operations at Fort Wayne, Fort Meigs, the river Raisin and the Thames.
- General James Winchester, whom Harrison had ordered to prepare to cross Lake Erie on the ice and surprise Fort Malden, turned back to rescue the threatened American settlement at Frenchtown (now Monroe), on the Raisin river, and there on the 22nd of January 1813 was forced to surrender to Colonel Henry A.
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