Sloe Definition

slō
sloes
noun
sloes

Blackthorn.

Webster's New World
Any of various wild plums.
Webster's New World
The small, blue-black, plumlike fruit of the blackthorn.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Sloe

Noun

Singular:
sloe
Plural:
sloes

Origin of Sloe

  • From Old English slāh, from Proto-Germanic *slaihwō. Cognate with Danish slÃ¥en, Dutch slee, German Schlehe and perhaps with Russian слива (sliva, “plum").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English slo from Old English slā sleiə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sloe Sentence Examples

  • In Autumn, the sloe bushes provide a rich harvest for the gin drinkers.

  • I'll get the sloe gin started once I've been to Tesco later today.

  • The blackthorn's fruit is the sloe, but in its raw state, it is virtually inedible.

  • Each sloe berry has one central stone or seed.

  • The fruits are used in preserves and for making sloe gin.

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