strawberry

B1 Topic:Food & Drink

Also spelled strawbries

US /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/ UK /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #7830

Meanings

1

noun
A sweet, soft red fruit with tiny seeds on its surface.

We picked fresh strawberries from the garden this morning.
2

adj
Having the flavor of strawberries.

I ordered a large strawberry milkshake.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

earthberrystrawbstrawberryishstrawberrylike

Word family

Forms strawberries

Derived forms pineberrystrasberrystrawbanastrawberritastrawberryadestrawberrylessstrawberrytini

Related forms arbutus hautboy

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Phrases (1)

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strawberry jam
a sweet fruit spread made by cooking strawberries with sugar

Noun + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew-der. Proto-Germanic *strawą Proto-West Germanic *strau Old English strēaw Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Old English strēawberġe Middle English strawbery English strawberry From Middle English strawbery, strauberi, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are: # from the fact that wild strawberries grow on straw-like runners (compare Norwegian stråbær, denoting cranb…

strawbery Middle English strēawberġe Old English

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Topics

Food & Drink

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# strawberry

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 7830

## Meanings
1. A sweet, soft red fruit with tiny seeds on its surface.
2. Having the flavor of strawberries.

## Examples
- We picked fresh strawberries from the garden this morning.
- I ordered a large strawberry milkshake.

## Synonyms
- earthberry
- strawb
- strawberryish
- strawberrylike

## Derived Forms
- pineberry
- strasberry
- strawbana
- strawberrita
- strawberryade
- strawberryless
- strawberrytini

## Related Forms
- arbutus
- hautboy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: strawbery
- Root: strēawberġe

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew-der. Proto-Germanic *strawą Proto-West Germanic *strau Old English strēaw Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Old English strēawberġe Middle English strawbery English strawberry From Middle English strawbery, strauberi, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are: # from the fact that wild strawberries grow on straw-like runners (compare Norwegian stråbær, denoting cranb…

## AI Etymology
Strawberry is from Middle English strawbery, strauberi, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. In present-day use, it can mean a sweet, soft red fruit with tiny seeds on its surface, or having the flavor of strawberries. Derived formations include pineberry, strasberry, strawbana, strawberrita, strawberryade.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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