Definitions for prunes

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prunes prune

Spelling: [proon]

IPA: /prun/

Prunes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in prunes (enprsu).

Definitions for prunes

noun

1. a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
2. such a plum when dried.
3. any plum.

verb (used with object)

1. to cut or lop off (twigs, branches, or roots).
2. to cut or lop superfluous or undesired twigs, branches, or roots from; trim.
3. to rid or clear of (anything superfluous or undesirable).
4. to remove (anything considered superfluous or undesirable).
5. Archaic. to preen.

Origin of prunes

1300-50; late Middle English Middle French Latin prūna, plural (taken as feminine singular) of prūnum plum Greek proû(m)non plum¹

Examples for prunes

A fifth of Brits had never tried asparagus and even fewer had tried figs or prunes.

I owe no thanks to Mrs. Whitney, with her prunes and her prisms and her penny-pinchings.

Then add the prunes one at a time, stirring the whole very hard.

Remove the stones from the prunes and if very dry soak for an hour.

You know you don't want to go back to a dish of prunes and soggy cake.

Here and there were men to offer biscuits and handfuls of prunes.

For the only fruit that ever Barber brought home was prunes.

Peaches, prunes, or any suitable fruit may be substituted for the apples.

Schinken, and sausage, and prunes—any little thing that happens to be about.

“Turns out the prunes aren't the only flavor that result in a biohazard situation,” she wrote in April.