berry
 ber‧ry/ˈberi/ noun (plural berries) [COUNTABLE]
[Language : Old English; Origin : berie]
a small soft fruit with small seeds
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
acai berry
goji berry
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
 ADJECTIVE
fresh
▪ Wednesday night's picking would keep as fresh as berries picked on Friday, even in the hottest weather.
▪ The best way to store fresh berries is unwashed, in an open or perforated basket in the refrigerator.
▪ Diaz says he's going to change the dessert menu soon, adding sorbet and fresh berries.
▪ This California zinfandel displays intensely fresh, penetrating berry fruit and very good persistence on the palate.
▪ Summer is prime time for fresh berries when native strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and other varieties ripen to perfection.
juniper
▪ Skim off excess fat from pan, and add shallots, juniper berries, and bay leaves.
▪ Add peppercorns, bay leaf, juniper berries, and wine, cover partially, and simmer for 10 minutes.
▪ Over the years, juniper berries have come to be considered the classic flavoring for game.
▪ Initially, juniper berries are green and then turn from dark blue to black as they get riper.
▪ Dried juniper berries are widely available in whole berry form, about half the size of small blueberries.
▪ Return goose to pot, add wine, tomatoes, juniper berries, bay leaves, and thyme.
▪ Add bay leaves, chili peppers, coriander seed, juniper berries, cinnamon stick, and thyme.
▪ Return carcasses to pan and add stock, tomato puree, wine, vinegar, and juniper berries.
red
▪ Dogrose wound about his arms; red berries hung in lazy bunches.
▪ Once upon a time the deep red berries of the mulberry tree were white as snow.
▪ Faces red as holly berries, mouths in a bubble of swearing, they dip and revel in the snow.
▪ Dropmore Scarlett features red berries in fall.
▪ The fields here were fringed with rowan trees, their bright red berries clashing horribly with the purple heather of late summer.
▪ Their red berries are long gone, perhaps eaten by grouse, squirrels, or mice.
▪ She wore the same red berries.
▪ Brilliant red berries follow and these will last throughout the winter.
wild
▪ She read us some and there was one about a garden in the moonlight with a willow and wild berries.
▪ They collect seeds and wild berries, and dig up secret hoards of grain.
▪ Milk, game, mushrooms and wild berries are the most dangerous foods.
VERB
eat
▪ What with that and the dried blood, his wife refuses to eat them, so berries for eating are grown separately.
▪ The coyote benefits by eating the berries, and ultimately helps the plants survive.
▪ Brown Men only eat nuts, berries and apples, and use their bows and arrows to chase hunters away from innocent game.
▪ Soon after the goats ate the berries, they began prancing around with unusual gusto.
▪ It eats berries, fruits worms and insects.
▪ They change diet with the season, eating rodents, berries, and insects. 5.
▪ The other is naked, eats berries and lives in a temperate geothermal valley.
pick
▪ I picked a berry and popped it in my mouth.
▪ Once, picking berries near a tree, she looked up and saw a bear picking berries on the other side.
▪ A young boy in Hartlepool picks some bright red berries from the hedgerow.
▪ Once, picking berries near a tree, she looked up and saw a bear picking berries on the other side.
▪ After they had eaten and sunbathed a little, they cleared everything away and moved to another hedge to pick more berries.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Far, far away Into the earth we go, with the rain and the berries.
▪ For puree, defrost the berries and press through a food mill.
▪ If you are determined to cultivate fruits, then the safest bets are berry bushes and nut trees.
▪ In autumn, berries burst from its flesh.
▪ Return carcasses to pan and add stock, tomato puree, wine, vinegar, and juniper berries.
▪ The berries had long ago withered on the tree.
▪ The first few days, half the berries would go into the bucket and the other half would disappear into me.
▪ They had plenty of berries and there would be jobs ready and waiting for them.
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