soft fruit

Strawberries and raspberries

Soft fruit refers to small, fleshy fruits that bruise easily and have a short shelf life—berries like strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries, as well as currants and grapes.

The term is more common in British English, where it often appears in gardening and grocery contexts: The soft fruit section needs restocking.

Distinguished from stone fruits and hard fruits like apples.

Related

summer berries · peach · red · punnet · fresh picked · ripe · plum · boysenberry · cherry · stone fruits · jam making · jam jar · juicy · pulp · apricot · picking · skin · sweet

Categories
Opposites
fruit texture/firmness

soft fruitstone fruit

Fruit with pit inside

apples · pears · pommes · melons · coconut

food category type

soft fruitmeat

Animal tissue for food

grains · nuts · cereals · legumes · seeds

Family

soft, fruit, fruity, fruitful, fruitless, fruiting, fruitfully, unfruitful, fruitfulness

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G