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hurtleberry

Syllables: hurt·le·ber·ryUK/ˈhɜːtl̩bɛɹi/US/ˈhɜɹt(ə)lˌbɛɹi/

hurtleberry noun: synonym of whortleberry.

Noun

hurtleberry (plural hurtleberries)

  1. Synonym of whortleberry.
    Synonyms:
    whortleberry

Synonyms of hurtleberry

Forms of hurtleberry

pluralhurtleberries

Origin of hurtleberry

From Middle English hurtil-beri (“bilberry or blue whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); berry of this shrub”); further etymology unknown, compare Middle English horten, hurten (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”), and Old English horte (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”).

Questions about hurtleberry

What does hurtleberry mean?
Hurtleberry means synonym of whortleberry.
What part of speech is hurtleberry?
Hurtleberry is a noun.
How do you pronounce hurtleberry?
Hurtleberry is pronounced /ˈhɜːtl̩bɛɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of hurtleberry?
The plural of hurtleberry is hurtleberries.

Words near hurtleberry in the dictionary

  1. hurtingest
  2. hurtingly
  3. hurtings
  4. hurtle
  5. hurtleberries
  6. hurtleberry
  7. hurtled
  8. hurtler
  9. hurtlers
  10. hurtles
  11. hurtless

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