- a widely cultivated rosaceous tree, Pyrus communis, having white flowers and edible fruits
- the sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit of this tree, which has a globular base and tapers towards the apex
- the wood of this tree, used for making furniture
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pear /pɛr/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Plant Biologythe rounded fruit of a tree of the rose family: [countable]Pears were fifty cents each.[uncountable]a filling of pear and peach in the pie.
- Plant Biology[countable] the tree itself.
pear
(pâr),USA pronunciation n.
pear′like′, adj.
- Plant Biologythe edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Plant Biologythe tree itself.
- Late Latin pira, feminine singular use of plural of Latin of pirum (neuter) pear
- Middle English pe(e)re, Old English peru bef. 1000
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pear /pɛə/ n
'pear' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alligator pear
- Asian pear
- avocado
- bergamot
- bomb
- boule
- cactoblastis
- core
- drop
- fig
- gallbladder
- lute
- nashi
- opuntia
- pearmain
- perry
- pip
- pomaceous
- prickly pear
- quince
- sabra
- -shaped
- snifter
- Taylor's Gold
- tuna
- anchovy pear
- Anjou
- balsam pear
- Barbary fig
- Bartlett
- basin
- birne
- blackthorn
- Bosc
- briolette
- cactus moth
- chayote
- cittern
- Comice
- English horn
- guava
- hand ax
- homonym
- Japanese pear
- Japanese quince
- juicy
- Kieffer
- mandolin
- melon pear
- minneola