Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teaberry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
teaber-ry
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry).

noun

A pinkish-white edible berry which grows in the Falkland Islands, where the fruits are harvested annually by Islanders to make cakes, confectionary and pavlovas. On the South American mainland the leaves are brewed for tea (Myrteola nummularia).

Etymology

Etymology tree English tea Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Middle English berie English berry English teaberry From tea + berry.

Inflected Forms

teaberries (plural) tea berry (alternative)

Synonyms

wintergreen boxberry checkerberry spiceberry mountain tea groundberry ground-berry creeping wintergreen gaultheria procumbens

Questions

What does teaberry mean?
A berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry).
Where does teaberry come from?
Etymology tree English tea Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Middle English berie English berry English teaberry From tea + berry.

How to pronounce teaberry

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “teaberry”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “teaberry”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “teaberry” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.