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pharmacologist
cher​ry
noun
cher·​ry
ˈcher-ē ˈche-rē
plural cher​ries

Definition

  • any of numerous trees and shrubs (genus Prunus) of the rose family that bear pale yellow to deep red or blackish smooth-skinned drupes enclosing a smooth seed and that include some cultivated for their fruits or ornamental flowers
    — compare sour cherry, sweet cherry
    the fruit of a cherry
    the reddish-brown wood of a cherry
    especially black cherry sense 2
  • a variable color averaging a moderate red
  • informal
    hymen
    virginity
  • informal the burning end of a lit cigarette or cigar //I'm horrified: Dag is burning holes in the roof of the car with the cherry of his cigarette. — Douglas Coupland //"Oh lord. Be quiet and maybe he won't find me. Put out your cigarette, Ryder, he'll see the cherry." — Julie Buntin
Other Words
  • cher​ry​like ˈcher-ē-ˌlīk ˈche-rē- adjective
Examples
  • //The kitchen cabinets are made of cherry.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
History and Etymology
Middle English chery, from Anglo-French cherise, cirice (taken as a plural), from Late Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasus cherry tree, from Greek kerasos
chess
noun (1)
ˈches

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a game for 2 players each of whom moves 16 pieces according to fixed rules across a checkerboard and tries to checkmate the opponent's king
noun (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • a weedy annual European bromegrass (Bromus secalinus) widely naturalized in North America as a weed especially in grain
  • any of several weedy bromegrasses related to chess
Illustration
Noun (1)
chessboard with chess pieces arranged as at the beginning of a game
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English chesse, ches, esches, borrowed from Anglo-French escheks, eschez "game of chess" — more at check entry 2
Noun (2)
origin unknown
chief
adjective
ˈchēf

Definition (Entry 1 of 3)

  • accorded highest rank or office //chief librarian //the company's chief executive
  • of greatest importance or influence //the chief reasons //their chief accomplishment
adverb

Definition (Entry 2 of 3)

noun

Definition (Entry 3 of 3)

  • the upper part of a heraldic field
  • the head of a body of persons or an organization leader //chief of police
  • the principal or most valuable part //… would never rest till she had read the chief of the letter to him … — Jane Austen
  • in ​chief
    in the chief position or place —often used in titles //commander in chief
Related Words
pharmacologist
cher​ry
noun
cher·​ry
ˈcher-ē ˈche-rē
plural cher​ries

Definition

  • any of numerous trees and shrubs (genus Prunus) of the rose family that bear pale yellow to deep red or blackish smooth-skinned drupes enclosing a smooth seed and that include some cultivated for their fruits or ornamental flowers
    — compare sour cherry, sweet cherry
    the fruit of a cherry
    the reddish-brown wood of a cherry
    especially black cherry sense 2
  • a variable color averaging a moderate red
  • informal
    hymen
    virginity
  • informal the burning end of a lit cigarette or cigar //I'm horrified: Dag is burning holes in the roof of the car with the cherry of his cigarette. — Douglas Coupland //"Oh lord. Be quiet and maybe he won't find me. Put out your cigarette, Ryder, he'll see the cherry." — Julie Buntin
Other Words
  • cher​ry​like ˈcher-ē-ˌlīk ˈche-rē- adjective
Examples
  • //The kitchen cabinets are made of cherry.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
History and Etymology
Middle English chery, from Anglo-French cherise, cirice (taken as a plural), from Late Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasus cherry tree, from Greek kerasos
chess
noun (1)
ˈches

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a game for 2 players each of whom moves 16 pieces according to fixed rules across a checkerboard and tries to checkmate the opponent's king
noun (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • a weedy annual European bromegrass (Bromus secalinus) widely naturalized in North America as a weed especially in grain
  • any of several weedy bromegrasses related to chess
Illustration
Noun (1)
chessboard with chess pieces arranged as at the beginning of a game
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English chesse, ches, esches, borrowed from Anglo-French escheks, eschez "game of chess" — more at check entry 2
Noun (2)
origin unknown
chief
adjective
ˈchēf

Definition (Entry 1 of 3)

  • accorded highest rank or office //chief librarian //the company's chief executive
  • of greatest importance or influence //the chief reasons //their chief accomplishment
adverb

Definition (Entry 2 of 3)

noun

Definition (Entry 3 of 3)

  • the upper part of a heraldic field
  • the head of a body of persons or an organization leader //chief of police
  • the principal or most valuable part //… would never rest till she had read the chief of the letter to him … — Jane Austen
  • in ​chief
    in the chief position or place —often used in titles //commander in chief
Related Words
pharmacologist
cher​ry
noun
cher·​ry
ˈcher-ē ˈche-rē
plural cher​ries

Definition

  • any of numerous trees and shrubs (genus Prunus) of the rose family that bear pale yellow to deep red or blackish smooth-skinned drupes enclosing a smooth seed and that include some cultivated for their fruits or ornamental flowers
    — compare sour cherry, sweet cherry
    the fruit of a cherry
    the reddish-brown wood of a cherry
    especially black cherry sense 2
  • a variable color averaging a moderate red
  • informal
    hymen
    virginity
  • informal the burning end of a lit cigarette or cigar //I'm horrified: Dag is burning holes in the roof of the car with the cherry of his cigarette. — Douglas Coupland //"Oh lord. Be quiet and maybe he won't find me. Put out your cigarette, Ryder, he'll see the cherry." — Julie Buntin
Other Words
  • cher​ry​like ˈcher-ē-ˌlīk ˈche-rē- adjective
Examples
  • //The kitchen cabinets are made of cherry.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
History and Etymology
Middle English chery, from Anglo-French cherise, cirice (taken as a plural), from Late Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasus cherry tree, from Greek kerasos
chess
noun (1)
ˈches

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a game for 2 players each of whom moves 16 pieces according to fixed rules across a checkerboard and tries to checkmate the opponent's king
noun (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • a weedy annual European bromegrass (Bromus secalinus) widely naturalized in North America as a weed especially in grain
  • any of several weedy bromegrasses related to chess
Illustration
Noun (1)
chessboard with chess pieces arranged as at the beginning of a game
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English chesse, ches, esches, borrowed from Anglo-French escheks, eschez "game of chess" — more at check entry 2
Noun (2)
origin unknown
chief
adjective
ˈchēf

Definition (Entry 1 of 3)

  • accorded highest rank or office //chief librarian //the company's chief executive
  • of greatest importance or influence //the chief reasons //their chief accomplishment
adverb

Definition (Entry 2 of 3)

noun

Definition (Entry 3 of 3)

  • the upper part of a heraldic field
  • the head of a body of persons or an organization leader //chief of police
  • the principal or most valuable part //… would never rest till she had read the chief of the letter to him … — Jane Austen
  • in ​chief
    in the chief position or place —often used in titles //commander in chief
Related Words
pharmacologist
cher​ry
noun
cher·​ry
ˈcher-ē ˈche-rē
plural cher​ries

Definition

  • any of numerous trees and shrubs (genus Prunus) of the rose family that bear pale yellow to deep red or blackish smooth-skinned drupes enclosing a smooth seed and that include some cultivated for their fruits or ornamental flowers
    — compare sour cherry, sweet cherry
    the fruit of a cherry
    the reddish-brown wood of a cherry
    especially black cherry sense 2
  • a variable color averaging a moderate red
  • informal
    hymen
    virginity
  • informal the burning end of a lit cigarette or cigar //I'm horrified: Dag is burning holes in the roof of the car with the cherry of his cigarette. — Douglas Coupland //"Oh lord. Be quiet and maybe he won't find me. Put out your cigarette, Ryder, he'll see the cherry." — Julie Buntin
Other Words
  • cher​ry​like ˈcher-ē-ˌlīk ˈche-rē- adjective
Examples
  • //The kitchen cabinets are made of cherry.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
History and Etymology
Middle English chery, from Anglo-French cherise, cirice (taken as a plural), from Late Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasus cherry tree, from Greek kerasos
chess
noun (1)
ˈches

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a game for 2 players each of whom moves 16 pieces according to fixed rules across a checkerboard and tries to checkmate the opponent's king
noun (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • a weedy annual European bromegrass (Bromus secalinus) widely naturalized in North America as a weed especially in grain
  • any of several weedy bromegrasses related to chess
Illustration
Noun (1)
chessboard with chess pieces arranged as at the beginning of a game
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English chesse, ches, esches, borrowed from Anglo-French escheks, eschez "game of chess" — more at check entry 2
Noun (2)
origin unknown
chief
adjective
ˈchēf

Definition (Entry 1 of 3)

  • accorded highest rank or office //chief librarian //the company's chief executive
  • of greatest importance or influence //the chief reasons //their chief accomplishment
adverb

Definition (Entry 2 of 3)

noun

Definition (Entry 3 of 3)

  • the upper part of a heraldic field
  • the head of a body of persons or an organization leader //chief of police
  • the principal or most valuable part //… would never rest till she had read the chief of the letter to him … — Jane Austen
  • in ​chief
    in the chief position or place —often used in titles //commander in chief