STRAWBERRY


Meaning of STRAWBERRY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

chocolate/strawberry etc flavour

Does this milkshake come in a chocolate flavor?

strawberry blonde

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

fresh

Pour into glasses, top each one with a whole fresh strawberry and serve with a few amaretti biscuits.

Garnish with fresh strawberries if desired.

Layer together with whipped cream, strawberry jam and sliced fresh strawberries.

You really can't beat the taste of fresh strawberries and raspberries.

wild

They were going to spend the day in the forest, gathering mushrooms and wild strawberries .

As a youth, I recall spending hours under a broiling June sun, picking tiny wild strawberries for desserts.

Horseradish was used for coughs and colds, wild strawberry for anaemia and nervousness and honeysuckle was the first example of aspirin.

The fruit is slightly larger than the wild strawberry , and it is very pointed.

The wild strawberries , the wiry grasses, the black fruit of the vetches on the banks were all dear presences.

There are wild strawberry plants in the old wheel tracks of the logging trucks, with birch seedlings sprouting among them.

There are feasts of mushrooms and duck liver, wild strawberries from the woods.

Sometimes they bring back wild strawberries .

■ NOUN

jam

At home she would have been having buttered toast and strawberry jam and probably a piece of sponge-cake to round it off.

Since when do we put corn in strawberry jam ?

The strawberry jam she'd made hadn't set, she couldn't even take a telephone message.

The son was looking directly ahead out of the window stuffing himself with bread and peanut butter and strawberry jam .

Layer together with whipped cream, strawberry jam and sliced fresh strawberries.

Home-made strawberry jam is particularly delicious but there are plenty of recipes around which centre on this scrummy fruit.

On a smaller plate set before Frankie was a sandwich made with thickly sliced bread, best butter and strawberry jam .

plant

Warming food theme Popular, too, were the strawberry plants , both in fruit and in flower.

There are wild strawberry plants in the old wheel tracks of the logging trucks, with birch seedlings sprouting among them.

Put straw mats under strawberry plants to protect fruit from rotting.

Women did what strawberry plants did before they shot out their thin vines: the quality of the green changed.

The same method using netting would make effective protection for a bed of a dozen or more high-yielding strawberry plants .

Feeling the ground give way, she naturally clutched at the strawberry plants for support.

Sink 3in pots full of good soil into the ground, in rows beside this year's strawberry plants .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

gooseberry/strawberry etc fool

If serving the gooseberry fool on its own, add a little extra sugar to taste.

strawberry-flavoured/chocolate-flavoured etc

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Everything was here, dogwood, holly, cherry, buckthorn, sloe and even strawberry .

Horseradish was used for coughs and colds, wild strawberry for anaemia and nervousness and honeysuckle was the first example of aspirin.

However, you may find that all you need to do is gently wipe the strawberries with absorbent kitchen paper.

It was a strawberry cake or a custard cake.

Most alpine strawberry varieties don't produce runners, a bane for gardeners who want to keep their berry patch under control.

Place sandwiches on a plate and garnish with a sliced strawberry or mint leaves.

She was accused of being a Salem witch for selling her soul to the devil at the strawberry banks.

Two 2.5-litre tubs of yogurt cost £11 and are available in chocolate, vanilla, peach Melba, lemon and strawberry flavours.

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