Get to know Currant better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like berry or shrub.
Currant meaning
- A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
- The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
- A shrub bearing such fruit.
Using Currant
- The main meaning on this page is: A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape. | The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red. | A shrub bearing such fruit.
- Useful related words include: berry, currant bush, shrub, bush.
- In the example corpus, currant often appears in combinations such as: black currant.
Context around Currant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Currant
- In this selection, "currant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, black, infused, plum, jam, distress and violets stand out and add context to how "currant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and breads currant rolls butter and and used currant or crab. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "currant" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with currant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Currant host on Fairfax radio. (5 words)
They often have aromas of dark fruits (blackberry, black currant…), violets and a bit of spice. (16 words)
Once I did, I first noted straightforward Pinot Noir aroma with hints of strawberry and currant. (16 words)
In the absence of turkeys, they will not be allowed to ‘pick up a penguin’ for the dinner table, however – even if Captain Scott’s men did once dine on the bird’s stewed breast in red currant jelly with crystallised ginger and champagne. (44 words)
The wine is made from grapes grown in the volcanic soils of the Diamond Mountain District, one of the most sought-after harvest sources in the Napa Valley, and has a strong tannin structure with layers of plum, currant and cherry. (41 words)
There’s the ghost pepper-infused Currant Distress, fermented with goji berries and black currants; the dry and smoky Lapsang Souchong, aged with charred oak staves; and the Angry Earl mead, brewed with Earl Grey tea, sage and rainbow peppercorns. (40 words)
Gummies are available in exotic flavors such as black currant, dark chocolate espresso, mango chili and even sugarplum! (18 words)
Example sentences (14)
Dr Leigh Erin Connealy MD, from the US, divided fans after enjoying a breakfast with two eggs with currant jam on a slice of cinnamon raisin toast.
There’s the ghost pepper-infused Currant Distress, fermented with goji berries and black currants; the dry and smoky Lapsang Souchong, aged with charred oak staves; and the Angry Earl mead, brewed with Earl Grey tea, sage and rainbow peppercorns.
The wine is made from grapes grown in the volcanic soils of the Diamond Mountain District, one of the most sought-after harvest sources in the Napa Valley, and has a strong tannin structure with layers of plum, currant and cherry.
They often have aromas of dark fruits (blackberry, black currant…), violets and a bit of spice.
In the absence of turkeys, they will not be allowed to ‘pick up a penguin’ for the dinner table, however – even if Captain Scott’s men did once dine on the bird’s stewed breast in red currant jelly with crystallised ginger and champagne.
The first known PB&J sandwich recipe was published in 1901 in the Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and used currant or crab-apple jelly.
Gummies are available in exotic flavors such as black currant, dark chocolate espresso, mango chili and even sugarplum!
Their shop has a split personality: In the front, you’ll find all sorts of pastries and breads: currant rolls, butter bread, coconut drops, cassava pone, coconut-and-pineapple tarts and much more.
His latest creation for Vuitton is Le Jour se Lève (French for daybreak or “the day begins”), a bright, citrusy perfume based on notes of mandarin, black currant, Sambac jasmine, and musk.
Once I did, I first noted straightforward Pinot Noir aroma with hints of strawberry and currant.
The crowd danced to the tunes of chart-topping numbers of recent times including Nikle Currant, Guitar Sikhda and True Talk among others thumping their feet nonstop and kept asking their favorite singer for more.
Beyond the parade-ground which extended south of the pickets, were the company gardens, well filled with currant-bushes and young fruit-trees.
Currant host on Fairfax radio.
The following will serve as a guide in arranging: First, vanilla cream, then raspberry or cherry or currant water; coffee or chocolate in the middle; the strawberry cream, with lemon or orange or pineapple water to finish.
Common combinations with currant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: