pear

nounfeminine/ˈpeɾɐ/high

pe·ra

Definitions

1Edible fruit of the pear tree, typically rounded at the base and narrower at the top, with sweet, juicy flesh.

I ate a ripe pear for breakfast.

Dessert was a pear tart.

Common collocations

pear treeripe pearpear tart

2An object shaped like the fruit (e.g., a rubber eraser, an old electric bell button).

He pressed the rubber pear to erase the mistake.

The old doorbell had a brass pear.

syn

Common collocations

bell pearrubber pearpear-shaped eraser

Do latim 'pira' (plural de 'pirum', pera).