cranberry
/ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/US/ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/
cranberry noun: a shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
Noun
cranberry (countable and uncountable, plural cranberries)
- A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
- Synonyms:
- fenberry[w:en:common cranberry|common cranberry]], Vaccinium oxycoccos>
- 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.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- fenberry[w:en:common cranberry|common cranberry]], Vaccinium oxycoccos>
- An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.
Adjective
cranberry (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 […]2011, Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Glorious Appearing: The End of Days
Verb
cranberry (third-person singular simple present cranberries, present participle cranberrying, simple past and past participle cranberried)
- To gather wild cranberries.
Proper noun capitalized: Cranberry
Cranberry
- 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).
cranberry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cranberry in Hindi
- क्रैनबेरी, क्रेनबेरी, क्रैनबेरींग
cranberry in Tamil
- குருதிநெல்லி, சீமை களாக்காய், நடுவில் உள்ள பருப்புநீக்கியக் காய்களோடு, வெள்ளைப்பூண்டு, காயம்
cranberry in Marathi
- क्रॅनबेरी, क्रॅनबॅरी, क्रॅनबेरींग
cranberry in Urdu
- کرین بیری, کرینبیری
More languagesFewer languages
- cranberry in Bengali
- ক্র্যানবেরি ফল
- cranberry in Telugu
- క్రాన్బెర్రీ, క్రాన్బెరీ, క్రాన్బెర్రింగ్
- cranberry in Malayalam
- ക്രാൻബെറി, ക്രാൻബറി, ക്രാന്ബെറി
- cranberry in Kannada
- ಕ್ರ್ಯಾನ್ಬೆರಿ, ಕ್ರಾನ್ಬೆರಿ, ಕ್ರ್ಯಾನ್ಬೆರ್ರಿ
- cranberry in Punjabi
- ਕ੍ਰੈਨਬੇਰੀ
- cranberry in Gujarati
- ક્રેનબેરી, ક્રાનબેરી, ક્રેનબૅરી
- cranberry in Odia
- କ୍ରାନବେରୀ, କ୍ରାନବେରି, କ୍ରାନବେରୀଙ୍ଗ
- cranberry in Nepali
- क्र्यानबेरी, क्रानबेरी, क्रेनबेरी
- cranberry in Tagalog
- arandano, pulang arandano
- cranberry in Arabic
- عَنْبِيَّة حَادَة الخَبَاء
Examples of cranberry in a sentence
- Those cranberry bushes are ornamental, so they're not edible.
- It’s klyukva, or “cranberry.” Reviews of “Black Widow” bristle with that term.
- The cranberry word in this idiom is kelaħ, which has no known literal meaning.
Synonyms of cranberry
- fenberry[w:en:common cranberry|common cranberry]], Vaccinium oxycoccos>
Forms of cranberry
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cranberries |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cranberries |
| present participle | cranberrying |
| past participle | cranberried |
| past | cranberried |
Origin of cranberry
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 formed from cranberry
- plants
- American cranberry
- Chilean cranberry
- common cranberry
- cranberry heath
- highbush cranberry
- large cranberry
- lowbush cranberry
- mountain cranberry
- native cranberry
- New Zealand cranberry
- northern cranberry
- small cranberry
- southern mountain cranberry
- other
- craisin
- cranapple
- cranberried
- cranberrita
- cranberryade
- cranberry bean
- cranberry bush
- cranberry glass
- cranberrying
- cranberry juice
- cranberrylike
- cranberry morpheme
- Cranberry Portage
- cranberry word
- crangrape
- Cranmoor
- crantini
Phrases with cranberry
Questions about cranberry
- What does cranberry mean?
- Cranberry means a shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
- What is cranberry in Hindi?
- Cranberry in Hindi is क्रैनबेरी, क्रेनबेरी, क्रैनबेरींग. See Cranberry meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cranberry?
- Cranberry can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cranberry?
- Cranberry is pronounced /ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cranberry?
- The plural of cranberry is cranberries.
Words near cranberry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cranberry (page history and authors); Cranberry (page history and authors); cranberry (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranberry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cranberry (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranberry (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranberry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cranberry (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranberry (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranberry (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranberry (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranberry (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranberry (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cranberry (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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