cherry tomato

noun

: a small globose red or orange tomato borne in long dense clusters

also : a tropical American plant (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme) bearing cherry tomatoes

Examples of cherry tomato in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That’s exactly what happened to one McDonough resident when a meteorite the size of a cherry tomato punched through his roof, shredded his HVAC duct, and embedded itself in his floor with the force of a close-range gunshot. —New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2025

Toss 1 1/2 pounds tomatoes (cut into wedges if medium or large, halved if cherry tomato sized) with 1/2 cup Green Black Tapenade, 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves (cut into thin strips), and 3 cups baby greens. —Cathy Thomas, Mercury News, 25 June 2025

Vegetables: Calabaza, chayote, cherry tomato, collards, dasheen, lima bean, snap bean, Malabar spinach, malanga, New Zealand spinach, okra, hot pepper, roselle, Seminole pumpkin, Southern pea, sweet potato, tamarillo, yam and yard-long bean. —Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025

For a whiff of summer breeze, Becca Millstein favors cherry tomato tartine with aioli and smoked salmon. —Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cherry tomato

• archipelago
• duodecimo
• impresario
• acknow
• aglow
• ago
• airglow
• aloe
• altho
• although
• ammo
• backflow