Definitions of Cherry [ˈtʃɛr i]

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Definition of 'Cherry'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cherry
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.  cherry
the tree bearing such a fruit.

3.  cherry
the reddish wood of the cherry tree, used in making furniture.

4.  cherry
a bright red; cerise.

5.  cherry
Slang: Usu. Vulgar.

6.  cherry
the hymen.

7.  cherry
virginity.

8.  cherry
Slang.

9.  cherry
something new or unused.

10.  cherry
a novice.

11. (adj.) cherry
bright red; cerise.

12.  cherry
containing cherries or cherrylike flavoring.

13.  cherry
Slang: Usu. Vulgar. sexually inexperienced; virginal.

14.  cherry
Slang.

15.  cherry
new or unused.

16.  cherry
being a novice.

Etymology: (1800–10, Amer.)

Definition of 'Cherry'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cherry
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

2. (noun) cherry, cherry tree
any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

3. (noun) cherry
a red fruit with a single hard stone

4. (adj) cerise, cherry, cherry red
a red the color of ripe cherries

5. (adj) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Definition of 'Cherry'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) cherry
a small red fruit with a single hard seed
cherry pie

Definition of 'Cherry'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Cherry
like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks

2. (noun) Cherry
a tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;

3. (noun) Cherry
the common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France)

4. (noun) Cherry
the wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry)

5. (noun) Cherry
the fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors

6. (noun) Cherry
the timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc

7. (noun) Cherry
a peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry

Translation of 'Cherry'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of small usually red fruit with a stone.
Afrikaans: kersie	Arabic: كَرَز	Bulgarian: череша
Brazilian: cereja	Czech: třešně	German: die Kirsche
Danish: kirsebær	Greek: κεράσι	Estonian: kirss
Farsi: گیلاس	Finnish: kirsikka	French: cerise
Hebrew: דֻבדֶבַן @@@דוּבדֶבַן$$$	Hindi: चेरी, एक प्रकार का फल	Croatian: trešnja
Hungarian: cseresznye	Indonesian: ceri	Icelandic: kirsuber
Italian: ciliegia	Japanese: さくらんぼ	Korean: 버찌
Lithuanian: vyšnia, trešnė	Latvian: ķirsis	Malay: buah ceri
Dutch: kers	Norwegian: kirsebær	Polish: wiśnia, czereśnia
Persian: گیلاس	Pashto: ګيلاس (يو ډول ميوه	Portuguese: cereja
Romanian: vişină; cireaşă	Russian: вишня	Slovak: čerešňa
Slovenian: češnja	Serbian: trešnja	Swedish: körsbär, bigarrå
Thai: เชอร์รี่	Turkish: kiraz	Taiwanese: 櫻桃
Ukrainian: вишня	Urdu: گٹھلی والا ایک سرخ پھل	Vietnamese: quả anh đào
Chinese: 樱桃
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