strawberry

Syllables: straw·ber·ry/ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi//ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/

strawberry noun: the sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.

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Noun

strawberry (countable and uncountable, plural strawberries)

The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
- They went to pick strawberries today.
- But when he saw that the goat had a fine conky nose and handsome curly whiskers [...] Egbert let out one yell and bolted straight across the strawberry beds.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 3
Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).
- She has the best strawberry patch I've ever seen.
- He told his father, and said it would be just suitable work for him to run about fields and woods amongst the strawberry hills after a flock of hares, and now and then lie down and take a nap on some sunny hill.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 170
The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus)
A dark pinkish red color, like that of the fruit; strawberry red.
(rare) Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise, birthmark, or infantile hemangioma (naevus).
- strawberry marks
- I have stretch marks and strawberry legs [follicles or blocked pores that appear as black dots]^([sic]); discoloration all over my body.2024 February 20, Fiona Vera-Gray, quoting Almina, “‘Everything is hairless’: what 100 women taught me about porn and body confidence”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
(US, slang) A prostitute who exchanges sexual services for crack cocaine.
- Come home and see her mouth on the dopeman's dick / Strawberry, just look and you'll see her1987, “Dope Man”, in N.W.A. and the Posse, performed by N.W.A
- […] infamous in Los Angeles through media reports: the crack houses and "strawberries" (women who exchange sex for crack) […]1992, Kathleen Boyle, Homeless crack cocaine abusers, page 40
A butt plug with one end shaped like a strawberry fruit.
- When Barey decided in 2020 to pursue porn full-time, she did not imagine that at 28 she would spend more time hunched over a desk – not in the fun way – making flow charts, scheduling Zoom calls, and sending pitch decks. “I’m at my happiest when I’m making a video like putting a strawberry in my...2025 November 7, Alessandra Schade, quoting Stella Barey, “‘We’re sick of the OnlyFans model’: Stella Barey’s porn site lets gen Z sex workers have a life”, in The Guardian

Adjective

strawberry (comparative strawberrier, superlative strawberriest)

Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.
- I'd like a large strawberry shake.
- We sing you a song of the strawberriest Strawberry Ice Cream on earth.1941 May 8, Chicago Daily Tribune, volume C, number 110, page 8
Flavored with ethyl methylphenylglycidate, an artificial compound which is said to resemble the taste of strawberries.
Of a color similar to the color of strawberry-flavoured products.
- The strawberry lipstick matched his outfit.
- They are, at once, beautiful and curious, with their translucent white skin and strawberriest blond hair, looking like a group of Wagner’s Valkyrie lost in a Puccini opera.2006, Ida Liberkowski, Cynthia Malizia, Along the Amalfi Drive, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 282

Verb

strawberry (third-person singular simple present strawberries, present participle strawberrying, simple past and past participle strawberried)

(intransitive) To gather strawberries.
- We strawberried in Michigan woods with our fat nanny, and in spring we gathered sand dollars on Daytona, passed smiling into Kodachrome.1994, New England Review, volume 16, page 35
(intransitive) To turn a dark pinkish-red.
- My hips and elbows were strawberrying painfully.1986, Les Whitten, Sometimes a Hero, page 352

Proper noun capitalized: Strawberry

Strawberry

A census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States.
A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States.
A surname

strawberry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

strawberry in Hindi

accessory fruit: स्ट्रॉबेरी sṭrŏberī, हिसाल hisāl
plant of the genus Fragaria: स्ट्रॉबेरी sṭrŏberī

strawberry in Tamil

accessory fruit: செம்புற்றுப்பழம் cempuṟṟuppaḻam, ஸ்ட்ராபெரி sṭrāperi, செம்புற்று cempuṟṟu
plant of the genus Fragaria: செம்புற்றுப்பழம் cempuṟṟuppaḻam

strawberry in Marathi

accessory fruit: स्ट्रॉबेरी sṭrŏberī
plant of the genus Fragaria: स्ट्रॉबेरी sṭrŏberī

strawberry in Urdu

accessory fruit: سٹرابیری sṭrāberī, اسٹرابیری isṭrāberī

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strawberry in Bengali: স্ট্রবেরি sṭroberi
strawberry in Telugu: స్ట్రాబెర్రీ sṭrāberrī, తుప్పపండు tuppapaṇḍu
strawberry in Malayalam: ഞാവൽ പഴം ñāval paḻaṁ
strawberry in Kannada: ಸ್ಟ್ರಾಬೆರಿ sṭrāberi
strawberry in Gujarati: સ્ટ્રોબેરી sṭroberī
strawberry in Sinhala: ස්ට්රෝබෙරි sṭrōberi
strawberry in Pashto: ځمکني توت źamkani tut, ګروس garus
strawberry in Tagalog: presa
strawberry in Arabic: فَرَاوْلَة farāwla, فِرِيز firīz, تُوت اَلْأَرْض tūt al-ʔarḍ
strawberry in Malay: strawberi
strawberry in Indonesian: arbei, buah arbei, stroberi
strawberry in Persian: توت فرنگی tut farangi, چیالک čiyâlak
strawberry in Thai: สตรอว์เบอร์รี่ sà-dtrɔɔ-bəə-rîi
strawberry in Vietnamese: dâu tây
strawberry in Myanmar: စတော်ဘယ်ရီ ca.taubhairi
Sindhi: فرنگي توت farangi tut

Examples of strawberry in a sentence

Is there a sweeter time of year than strawberry season?2022 May 9, Casey Barber, “Strawberry season has arrived. Here are tips for enjoying spring’s sweetest treat”, in CNN, archived from the...
“I’m at my happiest when I’m making a video like putting a strawberry in my butt and pushing it out,” she says.2025 November 7, Alessandra Schade, quoting Stella Barey, “‘We’re sick of the OnlyFans model’: Stella Barey’s porn site lets gen Z sex...
Sixty seconds of boiling, and you’ll be admiring the strawberriest strawberry jam you ever tasted.1961 June, McCall’s, volume LXXXVIII, number 9, page 47:
With at least 26 berries like these in every jar like this, how must Kraft Pure Strawberry Preserves taste?1968 March, Ladies’ Home Journal, volume LXXXV, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 122:

All 40 example sentences with strawberry

Synonyms of strawberry

Forms of strawberry

Noun
plural	strawberries
Adjective
comparative	strawberrier
superlative	strawberriest
Verb
third-person singular present	strawberries
present participle	strawberrying
past participle	strawberried
past	strawberried

Plural of strawberry: strawberries

Origin of strawberry

From Middle English strawberie, strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are: # from the fact that wild strawberries grow on straw-like runners (compare Norwegian stråbær, denoting cranberries, which grow in a similar way); # from the practice, still common in parts of Europe, of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk.

Words formed from strawberry

Questions about strawberry

What does strawberry mean?: Strawberry means the sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
What is strawberry in Hindi?: Strawberry in Hindi is स्ट्रॉबेरी (sṭrŏberī), हिसाल (hisāl). See Strawberry meaning in Hindi.
How do you use strawberry in a sentence?: Is there a sweeter time of year than strawberry season?
What part of speech is strawberry?: Strawberry can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce strawberry?: Strawberry is pronounced /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of strawberry?: The plural of strawberry is strawberries.

Words near strawberry in the dictionary

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