noun
strawberry
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noun
1
A soft, red, juicy fruit covered in tiny seeds, or the low plant it grows on.
"We picked strawberries all afternoon at the farm."
"She topped the cake with fresh strawberry slices."
How to Use Strawberry
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe small, sweet red fruit everyone recognizes, often eaten fresh, in jam, or in desserts.
Common pairings
strawberry jam
wild strawberry
strawberry season
Word Forms
strawberrier comparative, strawberried past tense, strawberries plural, strawberries singular, strawberriest superlative
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Etymology
From Old English streawberige, joining "straw" and "berry" — most likely because wild strawberries spread along straw-like runners, or because pickers once threaded them onto straws to carry them.