raspberry
noun /ˈrɑːzbəri/
/ˈræzberi/
(plural raspberries)
- a small, dark red soft fruit that grows on bushes
enlarge image- raspberry jam
- I bought a punnet of fresh raspberries.
- rows of raspberry canes
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of raspberries- pint
- punnet
- cane
- (North American English also Bronx cheer)(informal) a rude sound made by sticking out the tongue and blowing
- to blow a raspberry at somebody
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from dialect rasp, abbreviation of obsolete raspis ‘raspberry’ (also used as a collective), of unknown origin + berry.