Phrase Hound found 74 phrases and 43 compound words that contain pear. The most common are listed below. Open pear in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 74
- prickly pearAny of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.
- pear treeA tree of the genus Pyrus, which bears the pears as fruits.
- pear-shapedHaving a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear.
- Chinese white pearThe fruit of a hybrid northeast-Asian pear species, Pyrus × bretschneideri, with the crisp, juicy texture of an apple pear, but with shape and flavor more like those of the European pear.
- pear wineSynonym of perry: A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears, similar to hard apple cider.
- choke pearA metal torture device to be inserted into the body, consisting of a usually pear-shaped piece divided into spoon-like segments that can be spread apart by turning a screw.
- alligator pearAn avocado.
- African pearA tree of species Manilkara obovata.
- apple pearA fruit of a northeast-Asian species of pear with a crisp, juicy texture and an apple-like shape.
- Asian pearA fruit from species of pear from northeastern Asia, known better for their crisp, juicy texture than for their flavor
- Bradford pearSynonym of Callery pear: Pyrus calleryana, a species of pear tree native to China and Vietnam, in the family Rosaceae.
- Chinese pearSynonym of apple pear: A fruit of a northeast-Asian species of pear with a crisp, juicy texture and an apple-like shape.
- Japanese pearSynonym of apple pear: A fruit of a northeast-Asian species of pear with a crisp, juicy texture and an apple-like shape.
- Korean pearSynonym of apple pear: A fruit of a northeast-Asian species of pear with a crisp, juicy texture and an apple-like shape.
- pear dropA pear-shaped boiled sweet with fruit flavouring.
- pear dropsplural of pear drop: A pear-shaped boiled sweet with fruit flavouring.
- pear tomatoAny of various heirloom varieties of tomato shaped like small pears.
- pear tomatoesplural of pear tomato: Any of various heirloom varieties of tomato shaped like small pears.
- pear treesplural of pear tree: A tree of the genus Pyrus, which bears the pears as fruits.
- sand pearSynonym of apple pear: A fruit of a northeast-Asian species of pear with a crisp, juicy texture and an apple-like shape.
- snow pearPyrus nivalis, a hardy pear tree of south-east Europe and western Asia.
- Taiwan pearSynonym of apple pear: A fruit of a northeast-Asian species of pear with a crisp, juicy texture and an apple-like shape.
- tiger pearThe cactus Opuntia aurantiaca.
- vegetable pearThe chayote.
- Welsh pearSynonym of paisley (“a motif of a swirling droplet”)
Compound words 43
- PearlandA city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.
- pearwoodThe wood of the pear tree.
- PearicOf or relating to a group of endangered languages of the Eastern Mon–Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken by the Pear people of western Cambodia and southeastern Thailand.
- reappearTo appear again.
- pearledsimple past and past participle of pearl
- pearlingpresent participle and gerund of pearl
- PearmanA surname.
- peartreeAlternative form of pear tree: A tree of the genus Pyrus, which bears the pears as fruits.
- PearblossomAn unincorporated community in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States.
- pearmainA type of pear.