melon

Pluralmelons

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A large, round fruit with a thick rind and sweet, juicy flesh inside.

   She cut the melon into thick slices for breakfast.

   Vendors stacked ripe melons in pyramids along the market stalls.

2. 2
   nouncountable

   Any of several food plants in the same plant family as the cucumber, though usually not the cucumber itself.

   A melon needs lots of sun and warm soil to grow well.

   Grandpa planted melons next to the tomatoes this spring.

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3. 3
   nounslangcountable or uncountable

   A rude, playful word for a woman's breasts.

   Her shirt slipped and one melon nearly popped out.

   The boys kept giggling about her melons at the pool.

   Similarboob, breast

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4. 4
   nounslangcountable

   A casual slang word for a person's head.

   He took a hard knock on the melon during the game.

   Use your melon and think before you act.

   Similarhead, noggin, nut, noodle

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   A light pinkish-orange color, like the inside of some melons.

   She painted the nursery a soft melon.

   The walls were a warm melon that glowed in the morning light.

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6. 6
   adjective

   Having a light pinkish-orange color, like the inside of some melons.

   She wore a melon scarf with her white dress.

   The sunset turned the clouds a soft melon.

7. 7
   nounslangfigurativelycountable or uncountable

   A slang word for a woman's breast.

   The low-cut top barely covered one melon.

   He made a crude joke about her left melon.

   Similarboob, breast

8. 8
   nouncountable

   A lump of fatty tissue in the forehead of toothed whales that helps them aim their sounds.

   Like a flashlight that points a whale's sounds in one direction.

   A dolphin's melon helps it send out clicks for finding food.

   Scientists studied how the melon shapes the whale's sounds.

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