often attributive
1
: a smooth-skinned juicy light green or deep red to purplish black berry eaten dried or fresh as a fruit or fermented to produce wine
2
: any of numerous woody vines (genus Vitis of the family Vitaceae, the grape family) that usually climb by tendrils, produce grapes, and are nearly cosmopolitan in cultivation
3
Examples of grape in a Sentence
a bunch of seedless grapes
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Bacchus, bone-dry, slumps in the center of a stagnant green pool clutching fistfuls of limp grapes; none of the fountains is turned on.
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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
An orchard sports pear, peach, plum, and apple trees, with an on-site apple-cider press for making your own drinks, and the vegetable garden has more than 600 crops, from tomatoes to beans, and there’s a separate plot for berries and grapes.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
The grapes are from their Sonoma Coast Freestone Vineyard which is very close to the Pacific Ocean.
—Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
In Greek mythology, Dionysus is the god who oversees vegetables and fruit, particularly the making of wine from grapes, and thus is also connected to ecstatic partying.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
An orchard sports pear, peach, plum, and apple trees, with an on-site apple-cider press for making your own drinks, and the vegetable garden has more than 600 crops, from tomatoes to beans, and there’s a separate plot for berries and grapes.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
The grapes are from their Sonoma Coast Freestone Vineyard which is very close to the Pacific Ocean.
—Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
In Greek mythology, Dionysus is the god who oversees vegetables and fruit, particularly the making of wine from grapes, and thus is also connected to ecstatic partying.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for grape
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“Grape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grape. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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