pears
pears is the plural of pear.
Meaning of pear
Noun
pear (plural pears)
- An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
- A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
- Synonyms:
- pear tree
- The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).
- Choke pear (a torture device).
- avocado, alligator pear
- A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.
Proper noun capitalized: Pears
Pears
- A surname transferred from the given name.
Origin of pears
A variant of Piers.
Phrases with pears
- sea pears
- musk pears
- sand pears
- snow pears
- apple pears
- Asian pears
- choke pears
- river pears
- tiger pears
- woody pears
- balsam pears
- butter pears
22 more phrasesFewer phrases
- cactus pears
- desert pears
- garlic pears
- ground pears
- Korean pears
- Taiwan pears
- anchovy pears
- avocado pears
- Callery pears
- Chinese pears
- prickly pears
- Bradford pears
- Japanese pears
- alligator pears
- apple and pears
- Catherine pears
- vegetable pears
- apples and pears
- pears of anguish
- strawberry pears
- pears belle Hélène
- Chinese white pears
Questions about pears
- What does pears mean?
- Pears means a surname transferred from the given name.
- What is pears the plural of?
- Pears is the plural of pear.
- What part of speech is pears?
- Pears is a proper noun.
Words near pears in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pears (page history and authors); Pears (page history and authors); pear (page history and authors). 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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