From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Foodcranberrycran‧ber‧ry /ˈkrænbəri $ -beri/ noun (plural cranberries) [countable]DFa small red sourfruitcranberry sauceExamples from the Corpuscranberry• We have applejuice and cranberry juice.• Grapefruit can help reduceharmfulbloodcholesterol levels and cranberry juice relievescystitis.• It's lovely with new potatoes and cranberrysauce.• Sun-driedcranberries are a relateddelicacy that offer many of the same advantages and uses.• How extraordinary is obvious when Leiser discusses his triumphs over a glass of cranberry juice.• Oh, Benjy, we needed some cranberry sauce, but I called and asked Aunt Maude to bring some.• Our hotel had an indoorpool, a nightclub and good food - notably, reindeerstew with cranberry sauce.Origincranberry(1600-1700)Low Germankraanbere, from kraan"crane" + bere"berry"; because a part of the flower looks like a crane's beak