- /ˈbɛrɪ/ Chuck, full name Charles Edward Berry. 1926–2017, US rock-and-roll guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His frequently covered songs include "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), "Memphis, Tennessee" (1959), and "Promised Land" (1964)
- /French: bɛri/ Jean de France ( ʒɑ̃ də frɑ̃s ), Duc de. 1340–1416, French prince, son of King John II; coregent (1380–88) for Charles VI and a famous patron of the arts
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Berry n
ber•ry /ˈbɛri/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -ries.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Botanyany small, soft, round, usually juicy fruit growing on a bush or tree, as the strawberry, grape, or tomato.
ber•ry
(ber′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries, v., -ried, -ry•ing.
n.
v.i.
ber′ry•less, adj.
ber′ry•like′, adj.
Ber•ry (ber′ē; for 2 also Fr. be rē′),USA pronunciation n.
n.
- Botanyany small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry.
- Botanya simple fruit having a pulpy pericarp in which the seeds are embedded, as the grape, gooseberry, currant, or tomato.
- Botanya dry seed or kernel, as of wheat.
- Botanythe hip of the rose.
- Invertebratesone of the eggs of a lobster, crayfish, etc.
- Slang Terms the berries, [Older Slang.]someone or something very attractive or unusual.
v.i.
- to gather or pick berries:We went berrying this morning.
- to bear or produce berries.
- Gmc básja-
- Gmc basjá-; akin to Dutch besie, Gothic -basi
- bef. 1000; Middle English berie, Old English beri( g)e; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German beri (German Beere), Old Norse ber
ber′ry•like′, adj.
Ber•ry (ber′ē; for 2 also Fr. be rē′),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical Charles Edward Anderson ("Chuck''), born 1926, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.
- Place NamesAlso, Ber′ri. a former province in central France.
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berry /ˈbɛrɪ/ n ( pl -ries)
- any of various small edible fruits such as the blackberry and strawberry
- an indehiscent fruit with two or more seeds and a fleshy pericarp, such as the grape or gooseberry
- any of various seeds or dried kernels, such as a coffee bean
- the egg of a lobster, crayfish, or similar animal
- to bear or produce berries
- to gather or look for berries
'Berry' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
açaí
- acinus
- allspice
- baccalaureate
- baccate
- Bacchus
- bagasse
- bagatelle
- baneberry
- basin
- bay
- bilberry
- blackberry
- black nightshade
- blaeberry
- cloudberry
- coccus
- cochineal
- cocoon
- cowberry
- cranberry
- elder
- elderberry
- goji
- gooseberry
- hip
- Hobbs
- Huon pine
- ivy
- juniper
- Limburg
- Motown
- palm berry
- pepper
- peppercorn
- raisin
- raspberry
- rosehip
- smilax
- viburnum
- Virginia creeper
- wax myrtle
- woody nightshade
- Allegheny barberry
- American cranberry
- American mulberry
- bacca
- bacci-
- balloon-berry
- Barbados gooseberry