noun

raisin

RAY-zuhn

noun

A grape that has been dried, typically eaten as a snack or used in baking.

"She added a handful of raisins to the oatmeal."

"The trail mix was mostly nuts and raisins."

verb

To dry out and shrivel, becoming wrinkled like a raisin.

"His fingers had raisined after an hour in the bath."

How to Use Raisin

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA dried grape, sweet and chewy, used as a snack or baking ingredient.

Common pairings

handful of raisins raisin bread plump raisins

raisined past tense, raisins plural, Raisins plural, raisins singular

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From Old French/Anglo-Norman reisin ("grape"), from Latin racemus — the same root that gives English "raceme".