melon
melon
Definition
melon (mel′ən)
noun
- any of several large, juicy, thick-skinned, many-seeded fruits of certain trailing plants of the gourd family, as the watermelon, muskmelon, and cantaloupe
- any of these plants
- ☆ Slang profits, winnings, political spoils, or the like, for distribution among stockholders, etc.: chiefly in cut a melon, to distribute such profits, etc.
Etymology: OFr < LL melo (gen. melonis), for L melopepo < Gr mēlopepōn, melon < mēlon, apple + pepōn, ripe
melon
Synonyms
melon
n.
melon
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- eat: Yet he goes and eats more melons than the rest of us put together!
- grow: The third mission station will grow high-value melons to meet market demand.
- have: Never has so much water melon been consumed by so few.
Adjective modifier
- ripe: The fruit also has a sweet scent like a ripe melon.
- juicy: Nigel Slater's delicious summer salads Britain's best food writer mixes up fresh beans and peas, juicy melons and silky salami.
- bitter: And multiple clinical studies have clearly established the role of bitter melon in people with diabetes.
- sweet: He sent his servants to buy a great many large, sweet melons.
- red: Class A discus - red melons, red diamond... A grade surplus fish available; red melons, r.. .
- large: I felt the weight of it in my hand like a large, furry melon.
Modifies a noun
- liqueur: Regular £ 4.95 Key West Cooler A sweet mix of vodka, peach schnapps, Malibu and melon liqueur with orange & cranberry juices.
- flavor: The palate is rich, with sweet peach and melon fruit flavors leading into a cleansing, crisp finish.
- seed: The treasures may include sweet beans, dates, almonds, peanuts, melon seeds, raisins, dried apricots, walnuts.
- ball: Garnish with a melon ball on a cocktail stick.
- fruit: The palate is rich, with sweet peach and melon fruit flavors leading into a cleansing, crisp finish.
- field: In the autumn of 2001, two isolates were collected from a severely blighted pear melon field near the town of Baños.
Noun used with modifier
- cantaloupe: Plus 1 pot fat-free fruit yogurt and 1 slice cantaloupe melon.
- honeydew: Best enjoyed, IMHO, with honeydew melon, white cheese and a nice bit of fish.
- pear: In the autumn of 2001, two isolates were collected from a severely blighted pear melon field near the town of Baños.
- water: I think Mojo's water melon is filled with liquor for the company mixer he never attended.
- slice: I can remember the taste of sugar cane and apple slice melons, also the smell of guavas.
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