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# cherry

«cherry» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small round red or dark red fruit with a hard stone in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a cherry, cherries); adjective (cherry-red)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A cherry is a small round red or dark red fruit with a hard stone in the middle and a long thin stalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#m1)

2) A cherry tree is the tree these fruits grow on; its blossom is pink or white in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#m2)

3) Cherry is a bright red colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#m3)

4) Cherry is also the reddish wood of the cherry tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life cherries are eaten fresh in summer or in pies and on cakes. In science, the stone is the seed. In Japan and many cities, people celebrate cherry blossom in spring. Phrases: «a cherry on top» (a nice extra), «cherry-pick» (choose only the best), «cherry blossom», «cherry tomato».

### examples

- Cherries have a hard stone in the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#x1)
- We picked cherries from the tree in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#x2)
- Spit out the cherry stone; don't swallow it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#x3)
- There's a cherry on top of the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#x4)
- The cherry trees are covered in pink blossom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#x5)
- Her cheeks were cherry red from the cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#x6)
- Cherry tomatoes are small and sweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#x7)
- Winning the trip was the cherry on top of a great week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#x8)
- He cracked it, and there lay a cherry-stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/#x9)

### note

Plural: cherries (y → ies). «Cherry-pick» means choose only the things that suit you, which can be unfair (e.g. choosing only the data that supports you). Safety: cherry stones can choke young children; take them out first.

### In the corpora

- [A swallowed cherry stone cannot grow inside you; it passes through, though chewing and eating many cherry stones is not safe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/22-food-on-the-floor-and-kitchen-rules/9/)
- [One clip shows one moment, not the whole person; choosing only the bits that fit is called cherry-picking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait/11/)
- [vareNYky are dumplings filled with potato, cheese, cabbage or cherries, often made together at the table; cherry vareNYky are sweet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/11-the-flag-and-whats-cooking/6/)
- [A swallowed cherry stone usually just passes through the body; trees need soil and light, not a tummy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/167-the-rumour-that-grows/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cherry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.