banana

Pluralbananas

1. 1
   fruitnouncountable or uncountable

   A long, curved fruit with a yellow skin you peel off and soft, sweet flesh inside.

   Like a soft, sweet snack that comes in its own peel.

   He packed a banana in his lunchbox.

   The bananas turned brown after a week on the counter.

   UsageSay a banana, two bananas, but some mashed banana in a cake.

2. 2
   plantnouncountable or uncountable

   A tall tropical plant with large, long leaves that grows bunches of bananas.

   A banana can grow several feet tall in a single season.

   They planted rows of bananas along the edge of the field.

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3. 3
   curved shapeadjective

   Curved in shape, like the bend of the fruit, especially a ball flying through the air.

   She bent a banana kick around the wall of defenders.

   The golfer's banana slice veered far right of the fairway.

   UsageSay a banana kick.

   Similarcurved, swerving, bending

   Oppositestraight

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4. 4
   yellownoununcountable

   A bright yellow color, like the skin of a ripe banana.

   She painted the kitchen walls a cheerful banana.

   The store sells this sweater in banana and sky blue.

5. 5
   penisnounslangcountable or uncountable

   A funny slang word for a man's penis.

   He quickly covered his banana with a towel when the door opened.

   The locker-room boasting was all about whose banana was biggest.

   Similarwilly, dick

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