adj · name · noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/
US:/ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/
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CMU ARPABET:K R AE1 N B EH2 R IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
Meaning 2
A community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
An unincorporated community in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
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name
Meaning 5
A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Cranberry Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 6
A hamlet in Standon parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8236).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 10
To gather wild cranberries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Appalachia, colloquial
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noun
Meaning 11
very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: berry
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noun
Meaning 12
any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: American cranberry, large cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon, European cranberry, small cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccus, cowberry, mountain cranberry, lingonberry, lingenberry, lingberry, foxberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea
History
Etymology
Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry. Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).
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Translations
131 source translations are retained for this English entry.