Definitions for cherry
ˈtʃɛr icher·ry

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cherrynoun

   wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

2. cherry, cherry treenoun

   any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

3. cherrynoun

   a red fruit with a single hard stone

4. cerise, cherry, cherry redadjective

   a red the color of ripe cherries

5. red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarletadjective

   of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cherrynoun

   A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.

   Etymology: From ciris, from (loanword from cherise) cheri.

2. cherrynoun

   A tree or shrub that bears cherries.

   Etymology: From ciris, from (loanword from cherise) cheri.

3. cherrynoun

   The wood of a cherry tree.

   Etymology: From ciris, from (loanword from cherise) cheri.

4. cherrynoun

   cherry red

   Etymology: From ciris, from (loanword from cherise) cheri.

5. cherrynoun

   Virginity, particularly of a woman.

   Etymology: From ciris, from (loanword from cherise) cheri.

6. cherrynoun

   A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.

   Etymology: From ciris, from (loanword from cherise) cheri.

7. cherryadjective

   Containing or having the taste of cherries.

   Etymology: From ciris, from (loanword from cherise) cheri.

8. cherryadjective

   Of a bright red colour.

   Etymology: From ciris, from (loanword from cherise) cheri.

9. cherryadjective

   In excellent condition; mint condition.

   Etymology: From ciris, from (loanword from cherise) cheri.

10. Cherrynoun

    someone connected with AFC Bournemouth, as a fan, player, coach etc.

    Etymology: From ciris, from (loanword from cherise) cheri.

11. Cherrynoun

    A female given name from English, a pet form of Charity, also interpreted as a flower name.

    'As you knows Mrs Chuzzlewit, you knows, p’raps, what her chris’en name is?' Mrs Gamp observed.

12. Cherrynoun

    A surname.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Cherrynoun

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

   Etymology: [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.]

2. Cherrynoun

   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)

   Etymology: [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.]

3. Cherrynoun

   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)

   Etymology: [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.]

4. Cherrynoun

   the fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors

   Etymology: [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.]

5. Cherrynoun

   the timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc

   Etymology: [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.]

6. Cherrynoun

   a peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry

   Etymology: [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.]

7. Cherryadjective

   like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks

   Etymology: [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cherry

   The cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium. The name 'cherry' also refers to the cherry tree, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus, as in "ornamental cherry", "cherry blossom", etc. Wild cherry may refer to any of the cherry species growing outside of cultivation, although Prunus avium is often referred to specifically by the name "wild cherry" in the British Isles.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cherry

   cher′i, n. a small bright-red stone-fruit: the tree that bears it.—adj. like a cherry in colour: ruddy.—ns. Cherr′y-brand′y, a pleasant liqueur made by steeping Morello cherries in brandy; Cherr′y-lau′rel, the common English name for the Cerasus Lauro-Cerasus of Asia Minor; Cherr′y-pepp′er, a West Indian species of Capsicum; Cherr′y-pie, a pie made of cherries; the common heliotrope; Cherr′y-pit, a game which consists in throwing cherry-stones into a small hole; Cherr′y-stone, the hard seed of the cherry. [A.S. ciris—L. cerasus—Gr. kerasos, a cherry-tree, said to be so named from Cerasus, a town in Pontus, from which the cherry was brought.]

2. Cherry

   cher′i, v.t. (Spens.) to cheer.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cherry

   A species of smelt or spurling, taken in the Frith of Tay.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cherry

   A type of cultivar, plant and seed.

   The cherry tree looks so beautiful in full bloom.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 9, 2020  

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1. • Drupe
   • Edible Fruit
   • Fruit Tree
   • Wood

How to pronounce cherry?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cherry in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cherry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of cherry in a Sentence

1. Black Republican:

   This is the Ben CrumpCameron on Tuesday model, ben CrumpCameron on Tuesday goes into a city, creates a narrative, cherry picks facts to establish, to prove that narrative, creates chaos in a community, misrepresents the facts, and then Ben CrumpCameron on Tuesday leaves with Ben CrumpCameron on Tuesday money, and then asks the community to pick up the pieces.

2. Andrew Patrick:

   The gun lobby is deceptively cherry picking this statistic to imply that overall gun deaths are down. In fact, the opposite is true.

3. Canadian James Hinchcliffe:

   Being fastest doesn't really mean anything or pay anything, but it's certainly a nice cherry on top, what a difference a year makes.

4. Lee Zeldin:

   When Adam Schiff is cherry-picking leaks, when hes withholding facts, when hes outright lying -- let the American ppl know that.

5. John Murphy:

   I said, ‘Come on, guys, were you carrying fireworks?’ And they said no. And I believed them, that was no normal firework. This wasn’t an M80 or a cherry bomb. Some something much more serious. I saw a diver that reminded me of impact craters.

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