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— English words —

• gooseberry n. A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
• gooseberry n. Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines…
• gooseberry n. Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar…
• gooseberry n. (Dated, British slang) A chaperone.
• gooseberry n. (Chiefly Britain) An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
• gooseberry n. (Dated, British slang) A fool.
• gooseberry n. (Dated, British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
• gooseberry n. (Dated, British slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) A testicle.

— English word, defined in French —

• gooseberry n. Groseille à maquereau.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• gooseberry s. (Botanica), (gastronomia) uva spina (Ribes uva-crispa; tanto la pianta che il frutto).
• gooseberry s. (Senso figurato), (soprattutto nel Regno Unito) peso morto, terzo incomodo.

53 English words from 8 English definitions

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7 English words from 3 foreign definitions

Botanica che morto peso spina tanto uva

2 foreign words from 8 English definitions

crispa Ribes

19 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

crispa figurato frutto gastronomia Groseille Groseille␣à␣maquereau incomodo maquereau nel peso␣morto pianta Regno Regno␣Unito Ribes Senso Senso␣figurato soprattutto terzo Unito

21 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

gooseberry␣eye gooseberrying gooseberryish gooseberry␣lay gooseberry␣wig gooseberry-eyed gooseberry␣eyes gooseberry␣lays gooseberrylike gooseberry␣rust gooseberry␣tart gooseberry␣wigs gooseberry␣tarts gooseberry-picker gooseberry␣season gooseberry-grinder gooseberry-pickers gooseberry␣pudding gooseberry␣seasons gooseberry-grinders gooseberry␣puddings

33 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

do␣gooseberry did␣gooseberry Old␣Gooseberry sea-gooseberry sea␣gooseberry cape␣gooseberry Cape␣gooseberry does␣gooseberry done␣gooseberry pick␣gooseberry play␣gooseberry doing␣gooseberry picks␣gooseberry plays␣gooseberry Indian␣gooseberry picked␣gooseberry played␣gooseberry Chinese␣gooseberry picking␣gooseberry playing␣gooseberry play␣Old␣Gooseberry green␣as␣a␣gooseberry Missouri␣gooseberry plays␣Old␣Gooseberry played␣Old␣Gooseberry play␣up␣Old␣Gooseberry Radish␣and␣Gooseberry spreading␣gooseberry Coromandel␣gooseberry playing␣Old␣Gooseberry plays␣up␣Old␣Gooseberry played␣up␣Old␣Gooseberry Radishes␣and␣Gooseberry

25 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ber berry Berry EBE eber Eber err Err. goo Goo goo' goos Goos GOOS goose Goose oos OOS oose OOSE OSE -ose Seb SEB SEbE

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bes Bes BEs BES EBE EBEs ESO reb Reb REB soo Soo

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

mooseberry

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