often attributive
1
: a smooth-skinned juicy light green or deep red to purplish black berry eaten dried or fresh as a fruit or fermented to produce wine
2
: any of numerous woody vines (genus Vitis of the family Vitaceae, the grape family) that usually climb by tendrils, produce grapes, and are nearly cosmopolitan in cultivation
3
Examples of grape in a Sentence
a bunch of seedless grapes
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The wine-country startup wanted to revolutionize the cultivation of grapes and other fruit with $100,000 robotractors, but the technology didn’t work well enough.
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Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
There are more brands now selling artisanal pickles in distinctive flavors like honey harissa (or gimmicky ones that beg for virality, like purple grape), and many of them are sold at national grocery chains.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
The gelée around it, made with muscat-grape juice and beef consommé, is tart and savory, and a horseradish cream is neatly sharp, if not quite bracing.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Partway through fermentation, producers add a neutral grape spirit called aguardente, which stops the process before all the grape sugar is converted into alcohol.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
There are more brands now selling artisanal pickles in distinctive flavors like honey harissa (or gimmicky ones that beg for virality, like purple grape), and many of them are sold at national grocery chains.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
The gelée around it, made with muscat-grape juice and beef consommé, is tart and savory, and a horseradish cream is neatly sharp, if not quite bracing.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Partway through fermentation, producers add a neutral grape spirit called aguardente, which stops the process before all the grape sugar is converted into alcohol.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for grape
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“Grape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grape. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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