strawberry
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strawberry¹
- /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/ UK
- [ʃt͡ʃɹɔːbɹi] UK
- /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/ US
- /ˈstɹɑˌbɛɹi/ cot caught merger
- /ˈstɹɒˌbɛɹi/ cot caught merger
Where it comes from
From Middle English strawberie, strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry.
Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are:
1. the fact that wild strawberries grow on straw-like runners (or stolons) (compare Norwegian Nynorsk stråbær, denoting cranberries, which grow in a similar way);
2. the practice, still common in parts of Europe, of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk.
noun strawberries
- The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria. They went to pick strawberries today.
- Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit). She has the best strawberry patch I've ever seen.
- The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus)
- A dark pinkish red color, like that of the fruit; strawberry red.
- Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise, birthmark, or infantile hemangioma (naevus). strawberry marks
- A prostitute who exchanges sexual services for crack cocaine. Come home and see her mouth on the dopeman's dick / Strawberry, just look and you'll see her
- A butt plug with one end shaped like a strawberry fruit. When Barey decided in 2020 to pursue porn full-time, she did not imagine that at 28 she would spend more time hunched over a desk – not in the fun way – making flow charts, scheduling Zoom calls, and sending pitch decks. “I’m at my happiest when I’m making a video like putting a strawberry in my but
Similar: earthberry, strawb
adjective strawberrier · strawberriest
- Containing or having the flavor of strawberries. I'd like a large strawberry shake.
- Flavored with ethyl methylphenylglycidate, an artificial compound which is said to resemble the taste of strawberries.
- Of a color similar to the color of strawberries or strawberry-flavored products. The strawberry lipstick matched his outfit.
Similar: strawberryish, strawberrylike
verb strawberries · strawberrying · strawberried
- To gather strawberries. We strawberried in Michigan woods with our fat nanny, and in spring we gathered sand dollars on Daytona, passed smiling into Kodachrome.
- To turn a dark pinkish-red. My hips and elbows were strawberrying painfully.
Strawberry²
proper noun
- A census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States.
- A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California, United States.
- An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States.
- A surname
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: strawberry mark, hemangioma simplex, raspberry, shortcake, mill, cutter, drill, hat, ripe, narrow, mock-strawberry, pineberry, fragaria, berries, berry, fraise
noun
Similar: earthberry, strawb
adjective
Similar: strawberryish, strawberrylike
Translations
Every language
noun edible (usually red) accessory fruit
| Español | fresa, frutilla, metra |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 딸기 ttalgi |
| 日本語 | イチゴ ichigo, 苺 ichigo, ストロベリー sutoroberī |
| 中文 | 草莓 cǎoméi |
| हिन्दी | स्ट्रॉबेरी sṭrŏberī, हिसाल hisāl |
| Kiswahili | strouberi |
| Português | morango |
| Français | fraise |
| Deutsch | Erdbeere |
| Italiano | fragola |
| Ελληνικά | φράουλα fráoula, χαμοκέρασο chamokéraso |
| Română | căpșună |
| Русский | земляни́ка zemljaníka, клубни́ка klubníka |
| Tiếng Việt | dâu tây |
| العربية | فَرَاوْلَة farāwla, فِرِيز firīz, تُوت اَلْأَرْض tūt al-ʔarḍ |
| עברית | תּוּת שָׂדֶה tuth sađéh |
noun plant of the genus Fragaria
| Español | fresa, frutilla |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 草莓 cǎoméi |
| हिन्दी | स्ट्रॉबेरी sṭrŏberī |
| Kiswahili | mstrouberi |
| Português | morangueiro |
| Français | fraisier |
| Deutsch | Erdbeere |
| Italiano | fragola |
| Ελληνικά | φραουλιά fraouliá, χαμαικέρασος chamaikérasos |
| Română | căpșun |
| Русский | земляни́ка zemljaníka, клубни́ка klubníka |
noun berry of the strawberry tree
| Español | madroño |
|---|---|
| Português | medronho |
| Français | arbouse |
| Ελληνικά | κούμαρο koúmaro |
noun color
| 한국어 | 딸기색 ttalgisaek |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 苺色 ichigoiro |
| Kiswahili | rangi ya strouberi |
| Português | morango |
| Ελληνικά | φραουλί fraoulí |
| Русский | клубни́чный |
adj flavour
| 日本語 | 苺味の ichigoaji no |
|---|---|
| Português | de morango |
| Deutsch | Erdbeer-, erdbeerig |
| Русский | земляни́чный zemljaníčnyj, клубни́чный klubníčnyj |
adj color
| 日本語 | 苺色の ichigoiro no |
|---|
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title = {strawberry},
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