strawberry
Pluralstrawberries
Adjectivestrawberrier, strawberriest
Pluralstrawberries
Formsstrawberrier, strawberriest
Formsstrawberries, strawberrying, strawberried
- 1A small, sweet red fruit that grows close to the ground and is dotted with tiny seeds.
Like a tiny red heart covered with little seeds.
She ate a ripe strawberry straight from the plant.
The kids picked strawberries all afternoon.
UsageMore than one is strawberries (not
incorrect: strawberrys).Note
- 2Made with strawberries, or tasting like strawberries, even when the flavor is artificial.
She ordered a strawberry milkshake.
The strawberry jam was sweet and thick.
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- 3A low, leafy garden plant that grows small, sweet red fruit.
Like a small plant that sends out little arms to grow new plants.
We planted a strawberry near the fence.
The strawberries spread across the whole garden bed.
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- 4Having the pinkish-red color of strawberry candy or ice cream.
Her lipstick was a bright strawberry shade.
The frosting had a soft strawberry tint.
UsageSay strawberry blond for blond hair with a reddish tint.
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Less common meanings
- 5A pinkish-red color, like a ripe strawberry.
Like the color of a ripe red berry.
She painted her room a bright strawberry.
The evening sky turned a deep strawberry.
- 6A red mark on the skin that looks like the fruit, such as a bruise or birthmark.
UsageMostly in strawberry mark, a red mark on the skin.
Similarbirthmark, hemangioma, bruise
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- 7To go out and pick strawberries.
Every June we go strawberrying at a farm near town.
The kids went strawberrying and came back with red fingers.
UsageSay go strawberrying when you go to pick them.
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- 8A woman who trades sex for crack cocaine.
Outreach workers met a strawberry who traded sex for crack and wanted help quitting.
On the street, dealers called her a strawberry because she traded sex for crack.
UsageThis word is cruel. Don't use it to describe anyone.
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- 9The round red fruit of the arbutus tree.
- 10To slowly become a pinkish-red color.
My hips and elbows were strawberrying painfully.
1986, Les Whitten, Sometimes a Hero
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Origin
From Old English strēawberġe, made from "straw" and "berry". The "straw" part may come from an old habit of putting the berries on a straw or stalk.
Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 3 facts
- Strawberry derives from Old English strēawberġe. en.wiktionary.org
- The Old English word combines elements meaning straw and berry. en.wiktionary.org
- The straw element may refer to an old practice of threading strawberries onto a straw or stalk. en.wikipedia.org