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berry blue

berry blue noun: a purplish-blue color resembling that of blueberries.

Noun

berry blue (countable and uncountable, plural berry blues)

  1. A purplish-blue color resembling that of blueberries
    • yarn credit: Caron “Simply Quick,” 100% acrylic (85 grams, 50 yes); color: #15 Berry Blue.2007, Alicia Bergin, Crochet to Go, Chronicle Books, page 29
    • “It's good coffee, isn't it?” says Martin, and he's got good taste, he drinks huckleberry coffee from Montana, he drinks bits of morning berry blue in his coffee as if they're flecks from the Big Sky itself.2007, Jason Murk, Tokharian Tales, page 248

Adjective

berry blue (not comparable)

  1. Of a purplish-blue colour resembling that of blueberries.
    • [recipe title] Old South Berry Blue Pie
      4 cups fresh blueberries, rinsed2005, Louis Van Dyke, The Blue Willow Inn Bible of Southern Cooking: Over 600 Essential Recipes, Nashville, Tenn.: Rutledge Hill Press, page 338
    • As Hannah turned sharply to make her way back to her brother’s home, a corner of her berry-blue cloak reversed in the breeze, showing a flash of poppy-red.2007, M. M. Etheridge, Hannah: Woman in Red, Lulu, page 19

Examples of berry blue in a sentence

  • Or the wonderment in not 1 but 2 rainbows as they cap off a berry blue sky now void of thick heavy rain clouds.2010, Adriann Bautista, Sanctuary of Snow, page 157:
  • The washstand had white linen towels and a berry blue pitcher and basin.2010, A LaFaye, Nissa's Place, page 132:
  • Anything you see that resembles berry blue Pop Rocks or green kibble, you know rats have been spotted nearby.2010, Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan, The Strain, page 325:
  • Cherry hesitantly pulls a vitaminwater bottle from her unzipped bag. [. . .] I wave off the water, which is berry blue and looks heavenly.2011, Jon Reiner, The Man Who Couldn’t Eat: A Memoir, New York: Gallery Books, page 188:

Forms of berry blue

pluralberry blues

Questions about berry blue

What does berry blue mean?
Berry blue means a purplish-blue color resembling that of blueberries.
How do you use berry blue in a sentence?
Or the wonderment in not 1 but 2 rainbows as they cap off a berry blue sky now void of thick heavy rain clouds.
What part of speech is berry blue?
Berry blue can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of berry blue?
The plural of berry blue is berry blues.

Words near berry blue in the dictionary

  1. Berrong
  2. Berrongs
  3. Berrow
  4. Berrows
  5. berry
  6. berry blue
  7. berry blues
  8. Berry Brow
  9. berry catchflies
  10. berry catchfly
  11. Berry Creek

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