GRAPE
What does "GRAPE" mean?
A small, round, juicy fruit that grows in clusters on a vine, eaten fresh or made into wine.
Meanings
- The berry of a woody vine of the genus Vitis, green, red, or purple, eaten or fermented into wine. She popped a frozen grape into her mouth.
- A dark purplish-red color, like that of red grapes. He wore a tie in a deep grape.
Did you know?
- The word 'grape' originally named the harvesting hook, not the fruit - 'grape' comes from an Old French word for a vine-cutting hook, and the meaning slid to the bunch it gathered.
Word origin
From Old French 'grape' / 'crape', meaning a bunch of grapes or a hook, from a Germanic root for 'hook' - referring to the hook used to harvest the clusters, not to a single berry.
Remember it
GRAPE rhymes with 'shape' - picture the round shape of each berry hanging on the vine.
A little poem
Sun caught in the vine-
a green globe goes purple, then
wine, then a long sleep.
haiku
What it teaches
Crushed and given time, even the sweetest thing turns into something stronger.
Quick facts
What does GRAPE mean?
A small, round, juicy fruit that grows in clusters on a vine, eaten fresh or made into wine.
Is GRAPE a valid word?
Yes — GRAPE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GRAPE?
GRAPE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GRAPE come from?
From Old French 'grape' / 'crape', meaning a bunch of grapes or a hook, from a Germanic root for 'hook' - referring to the hook used to harvest the clusters, not to a single berry.
What can GRAPE teach us?
Crushed and given time, even the sweetest thing turns into something stronger.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.