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cherries

cherries is the plural of cherry.

cherries is the plural of cherrie.

cherries is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cherry.

Meaning of cherry

Noun

cherry (plural cherries)

  1. A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
  2. Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
  3. The wood of a cherry tree.
  4. Cherry red.
  5. The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.
  6. (slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
    • "Well, Dangerfield, in less than an hour I'm off in search of my fortune. Jesus, I'm excited, like I was going to lose my cherry. Woke up this morning with an erection that almost touched the ceiling."1965 [1955], J. P. Donleavy, The Ginger Man, New York: Delacorte Press, page 39

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Noun (1)

cherries

  1. (UK) A rail-gap indicator.

Noun (2) capitalized: Cherries

Cherries

  1. (plural) plural of Cherry

Phrases with cherries

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Questions about cherries

What does cherries mean?
Cherries means a rail-gap indicator.
What is cherries the plural of?
Cherries is the plural of cherry.
What part of speech is cherries?
Cherries is a noun.

Words near cherries in the dictionary

  1. Cherrett
  2. Cherri
  3. cherrie
  4. cherried
  5. cherrier
  6. cherries
  7. cherries and berries
  8. cherries jubilee
  9. cherries on top
  10. cherriest
  11. Cherrington

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