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Cranberry

//ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
Of the intense red colour of a cranberry. not-comparable
"Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]"

Proper Noun

1
A community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
2
An unincorporated community in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
3
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
4
A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Cranberry Township.
5
A hamlet in Standon parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8236).

Noun

1
A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. countable
2
very tart red berry used for sauce or juice wordnet
3
The edible red berry of that shrub. countable
"That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls."
4
any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries wordnet
5
An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate to crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate to berry). Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Russian журави́ка (žuravíka) (akin to жура́вль (žurávlʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).

Etymology 2

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