grape
noun /ɡreɪp/
/ɡreɪp/
Idioms - a small green or purple fruit that grows in bunches on a climbing plant (called a vine). Wine is made from grapes.
enlarge image- a bunch of grapes
- black/white grapes (= grapes that are actually purple/green in colour)
- We picked grapes in the south of France last summer.
- The peasants used to tread the grapes in huge vats.
- lovely sweet grapes
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sweet
- black
- green
- …
- bunch
- eat
- have
- grow
- …
- harvest
- juice
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the Old French sense): from Old French, ‘bunch of grapes’, probably from graper ‘gather (grapes)’, from grap ‘hook’ (denoting an implement used in harvesting grapes), of Germanic origin.
Idioms
sour grapes
- (saying) used to show that you think somebody is jealous and is pretending that something is not important
- He said he didn't want the job anyway, but that's just sour grapes.