WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
grape /greɪp/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Plant Biologythe smooth-skinned, green or purple fruit that grows in clusters on vines, may be eaten, and is used to make wine.
grape
(grāp),USA pronunciation n.
grape′like′, adj.
- Plant Biologythe edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- Plant Biologyany vine bearing this fruit.
- a dull, dark, purplish-red color.
- Veterinary Diseases grapes, (used with a sing. v.)
- tuberculosis occurring in cattle, characterized by the internal formation of grapelike clusters, esp. in the lungs.
- tuberculosis occurring in horses, characterized by grapelike clusters on the fetlocks.
- grapeshot.
- Wine the grape, wine.
- Gmc; compare German Krapf hook and grappel, grapnel
- Old French, variant of crape cluster of fruit or flowers, origin, originally hook
- Middle English 1200–50
'grapes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acinus
- aril
- bunch
- California
- Fonda
- grape
- grape hyacinth
- grapevine
- grappa
- icewine
- marc
- muscat
- muscatel
- must
- Primitivo
- raceme
- rack
- raisin
- rape
- red
- resveratrol
- rosé
- sour grapes
- staphylo-
- staphylococcus
- verjuice
- vigneron
- vinery
- vineyard
- Vinho Verde
- viniculture
- vintage
- viticulture
- white
- wine
- winepress
- aciniform
- appellation contrôlée
- argol
- Auslese
- balsamic vinegar
- Beaujolais Nouveau
- bitter rot
- blanc de blancs
- blush wine
- botryoidal
- botryomycosis
- botryose
- botrytis
- brandy