raspberry
(rɑːzbri , US ræzberi )
Word forms: raspberries
1. countable noun B1+
Raspberries are small, soft, red fruit that grow on bushes.
2. to blow a raspberry countable noun
If you blow a raspberry, you make a sound by putting your tongue out and blowing, in order to insult someone. [informal]
He blows a raspberry down the telephone line and hangs up.
They're all making raspberry noises.
3. countable noun
If you blow a raspberry at someone or something, you reject them completely or criticize them severely. [mainly British, journalism]
...a time to blow a modest raspberry at politics.
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Collocations:
raspberry sauce
She picks up a glass, places a raspberry sauce and apricot jam in the bottom covering it with the light brown mousse.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This is a chewy meringue roll filled with a raspberry sauce and mascarpone cheese.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The ice cream was messy, made worse by being smothered in raspberry sauce.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Translations:
Chinese: 覆盆子
Japanese: ラズベリー
- reflect the wishes of
- reflect uncertainty
- reflex
- reflex action
- reflexive
- reflexively
- reflexive pronoun
- reflexive verb
- reflexologist
- reflexology
- reflex reaction
- reflex response
- refocus attention
- reforest
- reforestation
- re-form
- reform
- reform
- reform advocate
- reform agenda
- reformation
- reform attempt
- reform debate
- reformed
- reformed character