A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. / The edible red berry of that shrub. / An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry

Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.

(anatomy) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.

(cooking, often in the plural, US) Fat that, after roasting a joint, hardens and crispens / (cooking, in the singular in Britain) The crispy rind of roast pork.

Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

present participle of crackle

A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound. / (pottery) A style of glaze giving the impression of many small cracks.

(intransitive) To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping.

(slang) Strange, weird, odd. / Sick; unwell. / (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.

A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.