Definitions for cranberry

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cranberry cran·ber·ry

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

IPA: /ˈkrænˌbɛr i, -bə ri/

Cranberry is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 218 anagrams from letters in cranberry (abcenrrry).

Definitions for cranberry

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 cranberry

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

Examples for cranberry

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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