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Pluralpineapples (some meanings)
Pluralpineapples (some meanings)
- 1A large tropical fruit with rough spiky skin and sweet, juicy yellow inside.
We bought two pineapples at the market.
I like pineapple on my pizza.
UsageBuy a pineapple. Eat some pineapple.
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- 2A tropical plant with long, sharp, pointed leaves that grow around a thick stem.
Its leaves spread out from the center like the spokes of a wheel.
They grow pineapple in the fields near the coast.
The pineapple in the garden took two years to produce fruit.
- 3A small bomb you throw by hand, with a bumpy shell like the fruit.
Round and bumpy like the fruit, but it explodes instead.
The soldier pulled the pin and hurled the pineapple over the wall.
A pineapple rolled into the trench before anyone could react.
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Less common meanings
- 4A hairstyle with the hair pulled up into a ponytail on top of the head.
The hair sticks up like the leafy top of the fruit.
She tied her curls into a pineapple before bed.
A loose pineapple keeps her hair from getting crushed at night.
- 5A soft, light yellow, like the color of pineapple flesh.
Like the soft yellow of butter or ripe corn.
She painted the nursery a gentle pineapple.
The dress was a pale pineapple that caught the afternoon light.
- 6An Australian fifty-dollar bill, named for its yellow color.
Yellow like the fruit it's named after.
He paid for the round with a crisp pineapple.
She found a pineapple folded in her old jacket pocket.
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- 7A word people agree to say when they want an activity to stop right away.
Like shouting "time out" in a game so everyone stops at once.
When it got too intense, she said "pineapple," and everything stopped.
He only had to call out "pineapple" once for them to pause.
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- 8The hard, scaly cone that grows on a pine or fir tree.
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- 9A small, round, spiny fish that lives in warm seas.
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Origin
From Middle English pinappel, meaning "pinecone" (literally "pine-apple"). It was later used for the tropical fruit because it looks like a pinecone.
Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 2 facts
- Pineapple comes from Middle English pinappel, meaning pinecone, literally pine-apple. en.wiktionary.org
- The name was subsequently applied to the tropical fruit because it resembles a pinecone. en.wiktionary.org