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grape
[ greyp ]
noun
- the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- any vine bearing this fruit.
- a dull, dark, purplish-red color.
- grapes, (used with a singular verb) Veterinary Pathology.
- tuberculosis occurring in cattle, characterized by the internal formation of grapelike clusters, especially in the lungs.
- tuberculosis occurring in horses, characterized by grapelike clusters on the fetlocks.
- the grape, wine.
grape
/ ɡɪ /
noun
Derived Forms
- ˈˌ, adjective
- ˈ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- l adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of grape1
Word History and Origins
Origin of grape1
Idioms and Phrases
see sour grapes .Example Sentences
It is not yet clear how hard South Africa, which exports various fruits, including apples and grapes, to Tanzania, will be hit by the ban.
South African exports to Tanzania of various fruits, including apples and grapes, will be hit.
On the other hand, imported fruits such as avocados and strawberries aren’t subject to tariffs because they’re protected under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Trump administration’s successor to NAFTA, but grapes are.
Then, coastal sage, buckwheat, wild grape, wildflowers, milkweed and other native plants will be planted on the roughly one-acre habitat.
Ice wine is made from grapes that freeze on the vine and are pressed while still frozen, creating a sweet, almost syrupy dessert wine.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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