noun
cherry
CHAIR-ee/ˈtʃeri/
A small rounded fruit with red or dark skin and a hard pit.
The cut cherry reveals a single hard pit.
Etymology
A name for the cherry tree and fruit settled on the small pitted fruit itself.
More examples
- She placed a cherry on the dessert.
- The bowl held a handful of cherries.
Forms
cherry · cherries
Similar words
- stone fruit
- Names the broader group containing fruits with a hard pit.
- berry
- Is often used loosely for small fruit, but does not specify a stone fruit.