Definitions for cranberries

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cranberries cran·ber·ry

Spelling: [kran-ber-ee, -buh-ree]

IPA: /ˈkrænˌbɛr i, -bə ri/

Cranberries is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 643 anagrams from letters in cranberries (abceeinrrrs).

Definitions for cranberries

noun

1. the red, acid fruit or berry of certain plants of the genus Vaccinium, of the heath family, as V. macrocarpon (large cranberry or American cranberry) or V. oxycoccus (small cranberry or European cranberry) used in making sauce, relish, jelly, or juice.
2. the plant itself, growing wild in bogs or cultivated in acid soils, especially in the northeastern U.S.

Origin of cranberries

1640-50, Americanism; Low German kraanbere. See crane, berry

Examples for cranberries

And thank you, USDA cranberry Market Loss Assistance Program, for the cranberry sauce.

He married a girl from cranberry Medder, and they went down East.

Don't she boss him round like the overseer on a cranberry swamp?

cranberry sauce should be sweet but not cloying, and tart without causing pucker and anguish.

It was a cranberry, withered and softened by the winter frosts.

Plus Sifton shares two of his favorite recipes: cranberry sauce and roasted cauliflower with anchovy bread crumps.

The longer you cook a cranberry sauce, the more pectin is released and liquid is evaporated, and the stiffer the result will be.

Imagine President Obama passing the cranberry sauce, and a word of thanks, to Speaker of the House John Boehner.

He leaned against the cranberry house and held on to his nose.

Splendid—I do believe we're to have cranberry preserve at dinner.