noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈblækbəɹi/
UK:/ˈblækbɹi/
US:/ˈblækbɛɹi/
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CMU ARPABET:B L AE1 K B EH2 R IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bramble, brambleberry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: berry
2
noun
Meaning 2
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bramble, brambleberry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: berry, fruit
3
noun
Meaning 3
Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish; the plant that produces it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The blackcurrant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Limited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To gather or forage for blackberries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To send a text message or e-mail with a BlackBerry device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: berry, drupelet
9
noun
Meaning 9
bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology tree Old English blæcberġe Middle English blakberie English blackberry From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan), equivalent to black + berry.
Brand name, from the resemblance of the keyboard's buttons to the skin of a fruit.
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