: a grape of any of several varieties that has been dried in the sun or by artificial heat
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Aboard his life raft, Callahan was armed with nothing more than nuts, raisins, eggs, baked beans, cabbage, a can of meat and eight ounces of water.
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Mark Gray, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Consider trying a different type of nut butter or swapping raisins for blueberries.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
There’s saffron, pickled raisins, pumpkin seeds, dill and this beautiful jeweled rice.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Bananas are the classic food high in potassium, but many others are packed with this mineral, too, such as raisins, apricots and tuna.
—Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
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Mark Gray, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Consider trying a different type of nut butter or swapping raisins for blueberries.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
There’s saffron, pickled raisins, pumpkin seeds, dill and this beautiful jeweled rice.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Bananas are the classic food high in potassium, but many others are packed with this mineral, too, such as raisins, apricots and tuna.
—Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for raisin
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“Raisin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raisin. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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raisin
noun
rai·sin
ˈrāz-ᵊn 
: a grape usually rich in sugar that has been dried
Geographical Definition
Raisin
geographical name
Rai·sin
ˈrā-zᵊn
river about 115 miles (185 kilometers) long in southeastern Michigan flowing into Lake Erie
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