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UK
/kˈʌɹənt/
]
NOUN
- any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
- any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
- small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking
How To Use currant In A Sentence
- Ballymaloe take a more seasonal approach to things by using redcurrant rather than lemon juice, made by simmering a couple of punnets of the astringent little fruits with water, and then pushing them through a sieve. How to make perfect strawberry jam
- Barmbrack (currant tea bread) is a celebration of chestnuts and walnut harvests. Times, Sunday Times
- Biscuit base filled with lemon scented Ilalian ricotta cheese, decorated with strawberries and red currants.
- Enjoy this jolly, spritzy, grapey, flowering currant and passion fruit-scented rosé well chilled. Times, Sunday Times
- When the currants start to burst and flood the pan with colour, tip in the loganberries or raspberries.
- Stir in the suet, sugar, currants and lemon zest. Times, Sunday Times
- The white bordered by the red currant is also down the side of the chest of the shirt. Archive 2009-09-01
- Grill skewers of lemon-and-thyme-marinated lamb, and then serve them atop a garlicky Sardinian couscous full of cauliflower, currants, and pine nuts.
- The shirt is complemented by anthracite grey shorts, and white socks with redcurrant pinstripes and an anthracite band with Arsenal printed on the calf. Archive 2009-09-01
- Blindfolded, I don't believe I could have told, but from inspection I think it contained apple, gooseberry and blackcurrant.