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cherries

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cherries.

Editorial note

They had some cherry trees, sour, red cherries, that they had cared for properly and, then, a lot of fresh cherries.

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Quick take

(rail transport, British) A rail-gap indicator.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cherries gathered in one view.

noun

(rail transport, British) A rail-gap indicator.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cherries.

noun

(rail transport, British) A rail-gap indicator.

Example sentences

1

They had some cherry trees, sour, red cherries, that they had cared for properly and, then, a lot of fresh cherries.

2

A young coffee bush might make a good decoration, but will produce few if any coffee cherries.

3

Half a cup of dried cherries, dried pears, or raisins, would take over 20-25 minutes.

4

Once I bust either of those cherries, I'll probably become addicted and never want to do anything else.

5

This is a bit thematic, but maybe we could get Jellyfish to eat the coffee bean cherries?

6

When it's cherry season, everyone is eating pounds of cherries every day...

7

A pair of red cherries if you can make pac-man chomp though!

8

I cleaned, pitted, and cooked the cherries with sugar and corn starch, partly guessing on quantities from a poor cookbook.

9

It's not like my life is ALL cherries and no pits.

10

If can get some fresh cherries and lard, go for it!

11

As with truffles, could we not just train a dog to find these choice cherries and place them in a bin?

12

One hypothesis: what if (genuine) civet coffee is so good, because the civets' nose smells out the very best coffee cherries, and only eats the best?

Quote examples

1

The Cherries have a lighter touch and a little "snap", both of which I like.

2

Even people who try to follow a "Raw Fruit" only diet, pit their cherries, cut the skin and hard parts off of pineapples and peel bananas.

3

I can provide similar "cooking" recipes for grapes, apples, pears, bananas, cherries, blueberries and many more.

4

The French word was "cerise", which was imported as "cherries".

Proper noun examples

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Persimmon, Fig, Quince, Pomegranate, Apples, Mulberries, Peaches, Apricots, Cherries.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cherries in a sentence?

They had some cherry trees, sour, red cherries, that they had cared for properly and, then, a lot of fresh cherries.

What does cherries mean?

(rail transport, British) A rail-gap indicator.

What part of speech is cherries?

cherries is commonly used as noun.