Definitions for Cherry

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Cherry cher·ry

Spelling: [cher-ee]

IPA: /ˈtʃɛr i/

Cherry is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in Cherry (cehrry).

Definitions for Cherry

noun

1. the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
2. the tree bearing such a fruit.
3. the wood of such a tree.
4. any of various fruits or plants resembling the cherry.
5. bright red; cerise.
6. Slang: Often Vulgar. the hymen. the state of virginity.
7. Slang. something new or unused. a novice.
8. Underworld Slang. a first offender.
9. Bowling. the striking down of only the forward pin or pins in attempting to make a spare.
10. Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.

adjective

1. bright-red; cerise.
2. (of food and beverages) made with or containing cherries or cherrylike flavoring:
3. (of furniture, woodwork, etc.) made of or covered or decorated with wood from the cherry tree.
4. Slang: Often Vulgar. being a virgin.
5. Slang. new or unused: inexperienced; being an innocent novice.

Origin of Cherry

1300-50; Middle English cheri variant of chirie, back formation from Old English ciris- (taken for plural) ≪ Vulgar Latin *ceresium for *cerasium (Latin cerasum) Greek kerásion cherry

Examples for Cherry

But he had later received a call from the cherry Creek School District saying she was not in class.

The small cherries, called the Indian cherry, are frequent in this country.

And stronger wings than these are plied in the cherry tree's service.

Extend your Fourth of July vacation with a trip to Traverse City, also known as the “cherry capital of the world.”

I tried to remember the most of it, but my head was whirling—and not from cherry rum, either.

They are very good, always retaining the taste of the cherry.

There was the time he exploded a cherry bomb in a toilet at school and, as punishment, sent to France as an exchange student.

“You have to try my cherry banana shake,” waitress Trista says.

All over America, people are talking to cherry Healey, a 33-year-old from West London, about their bottoms.

If she had said she was lonely because the cherry bookcase was in Paris, he could not have been more bewildered.