English Explanatory Dictionary

cranberry word

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A word used only in certain fixed phrases or idioms, with a meaning that is otherwise opaque; often a fossil word.
  2. A word that contains a cranberry morpheme.

Word forms

cranberry word cranberry words

Etymology

From or by analogy with cranberry morpheme.

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