cranberry

Speech parts

1. cranberry - Noun

2. cranberry - Adjective

3. Cranberry - Proper noun

Meaning

A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

berry crimson huckleberry cran brown burgundy bramble gooseberry bluefin claret currant lingonberry wintergreen granadilla ploughing
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Antonyms

achromatic nonred unred not red

Hypernyms

bush berry fruit shrub

Hyponyms

lingonberry cowberry mountain cranberry lingberry foxberry lingenberry

Phrases with the word

bog cranberry wild cranberry cranberry woman marsh cranberry high cranberry rock cranberry

Derivatives

cranberries

Examples

At one teaspoon of sugar per ounce, cranberry juice cocktail is more highly sweetened than even soda drinks that have been linked to obesity. Source: Internet

Another though considerably more recent brandy-based cocktail is the Wisconsin Badger, derived from a mix of brandy, cranberry juice, and cherry schnapps--all very Wisconsin-inspired ingredients. Source: Internet

During the growing season cranberry beds are not flooded, but are irrigated regularly to maintain soil moisture. Source: Internet

A few years ago when we went to catered T'giving dinners at the houses of other family members, my brother emailed me and begged me to bring cranberry sauce "a la Mom" as he called it. Source: Internet

Collins told a crowd in Dublin that when he comes back around Christmas he likes “cranberry sauce with a little berries inside.” Source: Internet

Flax is often found growing just above the waterline in cranberry bogs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cranage cranapple cranberried cranberry bread cranberry bush cranberry bush leaves