Melon
//ˈmɛlən// adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.; Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others. countable, uncountable
- 2 Alternative form of mellon. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- 3 any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh wordnet
- 4 Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.; Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others countable, uncountable
- 5 any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers wordnet
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- 6 Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.; Benincasa hispida, the winter melon countable, uncountable
- 7 Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.; Momordica charantia, the bitter melon countable, uncountable
- 8 The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants countable
- 9 A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh. uncountable
- 10 The breasts. countable, plural-normally, slang, uncountable
"She indicated her left melon, underneath which lay the heart. “Because you stuck with me, and whether you ever said it or not, that is love.”"
- 11 The head, the brain. countable, slang
"Think! Use your melon!"
- 12 A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group. Australia, New-Zealand, countable, derogatory
- 13 A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations. countable
Adjective
- 1 Of a light pinkish orange color, like that of melon flesh.
Example
More examples"Cut the melon into six equal pieces."
Etymology
From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).
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