fruit
noun
1. the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
Definition categories: plant
2. an amount of a product
Similar word(s): yield
Definition categories: man–made, product, production
3. the consequence of some effort or action
- he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies
Definition categories: event, aftermath, consequence
Sentences with fruit as a noun:
- While cucumber is technically a fruit, one would not usually use it to make jam.
- Fruit salad is a simple way of making fruits into a dessert.
- His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
- The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.