Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small, round, juicy fruit: A grape is a small, round, typically smooth-skinned berry that grows in clusters on a vine. It can be green (also called white), red, or purple/black in color.
   • The plant producing this fruit: The term can also refer to the woody, climbing vine (genus Vitis) that bears these fruits.
   • A cluster of small projectiles: In a historical military context, "grape" is a shortened form of "grapeshot," referring to a cluster of small iron balls fired from a cannon.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Fruit):
  • She ate a handful of sweet, purple grapes.
  • The recipe calls for a cup of seedless red grapes.
• Noun (Plant):
  • The grape is a perennial plant that requires careful pruning.
• Noun (Military):
  • The cannon was loaded with grape to repel the infantry charge.

Advanced Usage

• "Sour grapes": An idiom used to describe the attitude of pretending to dislike something one cannot have.
  • He said he didn't want the promotion anyway, but that's just sour grapes.

Variants and Related Words

• Grapevine (n):
  • The climbing plant on which grapes grow.
  • An informal means of circulating information or rumor.

    • I heard it through the grapevine that the company is relocating.
• Grapeshot (n): A historical artillery round consisting of a cluster of small iron balls.
• Grapey (adj): Resembling or characteristic of grapes in taste or smell.

Synonyms

• Berry (in the specific botanical sense for the fruit).
• Vine (for the plant).

Related Phrases

• A bunch of grapes: The common cluster in which the fruit grows.
  • He brought a beautiful bunch of grapes as a gift.

Noun

1. a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
2. any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
3. any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters