cherrycher‧ry /ˈtʃɛri/ ●●● noun (plural cherries) 1 [countable] a small round soft red fruit with a large seed: a bowl of cherries cherry pie2[countable, uncountable] a tree that produces cherries, or the wood of this tree [Origin: 1300–1400 Old North French cherise (taken as plural), from Latin cerasus “cherry tree,” from Greek kerasos]