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prunes

/pɹuːnz/

prunes is the plural of prune.

prunes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prune.

Meaning of prune

Noun

prune (plural prunes)

  1. (obsolete) A plum.
  2. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
  3. (figuratively) Something wrinkly like a prune.
    • We are not free when we are in the grip of the false conditioning that decrees that we need sex. We are not free if we believe the culture's ominous warnings that we will become "horny" (what a callous, offensive word) and frustrated and neurotic and finally shrivel up into prunes and have to...1970, Dana Densmore, “Without You And Within You”, in No More Fun & Games, volume 4, page 55
  4. (slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.

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Words that rhyme with prunes

Questions about prunes

What is prunes the plural of?
Prunes is the plural of prune.
How do you pronounce prunes?
Prunes is pronounced /pɹuːnz/.

Words near prunes in the dictionary

  1. prunello
  2. prunelloes
  3. prunellos
  4. pruner
  5. pruners
  6. prunes
  7. prunetin
  8. prunetol
  9. pruney
  10. Prunier
  11. Pruniers

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