blackberry

A noun referring to a sweet, dark purple or black edible fruit that grows on thorny bushes (brambles) of the genus Rubus, typically composed of many small drupelets.

• 🇩🇪Essbare, meist dunkelviolette bis schwarze, aus vielen kleinen Steinfrüchten zusammengesetzte Sammelfrucht der Brombeerpflanze (Rubus), die an stacheligen Sträuchern wächst; auch die Pflanze selbst.

1. Edible fruit A2 formal

   A large, sweet, dark purple or black fruit that grows on thorny bushes (brambles) of the genus Rubus.

   • She picked fresh blackberries from the garden.
   • Blackberries are delicious in pies and jams.
   • The children ate blackberries straight from the bush.

   🇩🇪Brombeere

   Synonyme: bramble

2. Bramble bush B1 formal

   A thorny shrub that produces blackberries, often growing wild in hedges and woodlands.

   • The blackberry bush had sharp thorns.
   • He got scratched while trying to reach the blackberries.
   • Blackberry plants can spread quickly in the wild.

   🇩🇪Brombeerstrauch

   Synonyme: bramble

• blackberries plural form
• blackberries' possessive plural form
• blackberry's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to send a message or email using a BlackBerry device, or to pick blackberries.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das bedeutet, mit einem BlackBerry-Gerät eine Nachricht oder E-Mail zu senden, oder Brombeeren zu sammeln.

1. Gather blackberries B1 informal

   To pick or collect blackberries from bushes.

   • We went blackberrying in the countryside last weekend.
   • She loves to blackberry in the late summer.
   • They spent the afternoon blackberrying along the hedgerows.

   🇩🇪Brombeeren sammeln

• blackberried past participle
• blackberried past simple
• blackberrying present participle
• blackberries third person singular