blackberry B1 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈblækˌbɛri/ UK /ˈblækbəri/ See IPA manual Freq #19841 Meanings 1 noun a soft, dark purple-black edible fruit made up of many small juicy segments We picked ripe blackberries from the hedge and baked them into a pie. 2 noun the thorny shrub or trailing plant on which blackberries grow A blackberry had spread across the neglected corner of the garden. 3 verb to gather wild blackberries The family went blackberrying along the country lanes in late summer. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a soft, dark purple-black... brambleberry 2 noun · the thorny shrub or... blackberry bushbramble Word family Forms blackberries Derived forms blackberryingblackberrylike Related forms berrybrambleraspberry Common collocations blackberry bush Noun + noun Etymology From Middle English blakberie or blakeberie, from Old English blæcberġe, literally 'black berry.' The compound refers to the mature fruit's very dark color. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # blackberry **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈblækˌbɛri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈblækbəri/ **Frequency rank:** 19841 ## Meanings 1. a soft, dark purple-black edible fruit made up of many small juicy segments 2. the thorny shrub or trailing plant on which blackberries grow 3. to gather wild blackberries ## Examples - We picked ripe blackberries from the hedge and baked them into a pie. - A blackberry had spread across the neglected corner of the garden. - The family went blackberrying along the country lanes in late summer. ## Synonyms - brambleberry - blackberry bush ## Derived Forms - blackberrying - blackberrylike ## Related Forms - berry - bramble - raspberry ## Etymology From Middle English blakberie or blakeberie, from Old English blæcberġe, literally 'black berry.' The compound refers to the mature fruit's very dark color. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown