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raisin

[ rey-zin ]

noun

  1. a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cooking.
  2. dark purplish blue.


raisin

/ ˈreɪzən /

noun

  1. a dried grape
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈraisiny, adjective
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Other Words From

  • raisin·y adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of raisin1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English raisin, reisin, from Old French, from unattested Vulgar Latin racīmus, for Latin racēmus; raceme
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Word History and Origins

Origin of raisin1

C13: from Old French: grape, ultimately from Latin racēmus cluster of grapes; compare Greek rhax berry, grape
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Example Sentences

Add ½ to ¾ cup of raisins and 1 teaspoon each of salt, cinnamon and cloves.

You can also try raisin breads or seeded breads — one blogger even succeeded with pumpkin bread — just avoid brownie mixes and more liquidy things.

From Eater

Unlock the mixer bowl and, using a spatula, gently fold in the pecans and raisins.

This is essentially making wine from raisins — you concentrate the grapes’ sugar and acidity, while losing 75 percent of the juice.

At best, these claims blow small bits of evidence way out of proportion—sure, raisins contain nutrients that can contribute to healthy blood pressure, but eating them won’t magically cure hypertension.

Amiri Baraka echoed this sentiment 17 years after Raisin premiered—post-Birmingham, post-Medgar, post-Malcolm.

Someone needed to write the “protest plays,” as Hansberry described Raisin.

When Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun, America was shimmering with the stirrings of social agitation.

Raisin has racked up five Tony nominations, including Best Revival of a Play, and Best Direction of a Play.

After the "raisin gliders," soup and a good stiff hoosh, Webb finished his observations while I recorded for him.

They all wore white cotton caps, men an' women; an' they made the caps themselves out of cotton of their own raisin'.

During that period he spent some time at Fresno, California, endeavoring to start a raisin ranch.

The second phase began likewise with a disaster—the needless loss of a thousand men on the Raisin River, near Detroit.

Why, at MacKenzie's raisin' last year he jist went round foamin' like an old boar and nobody dast say a word to him.

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