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[ mel -uh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈmɛl ən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
medium crimson or deep pink.
the visible upper portion of the head of a surfacing whale or dolphin, including the beak, eyes, and blowhole.
Informal . a large extra dividend, often in the form of stock, to be distributed to stockholders: Profits zoomed so in the last quarter that the corporation cut a nice melon. any windfall of money to be divided among specified participants. Origin of melon 1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin mēlōn- (stem of mēlō ), short for mēlopepō <Greek mēlopépōn apple-shaped melon, equivalent to mêlo (n ) apple + pépōn pepo
Words nearby melon melodrama, melodramatic, melodramatize, melody, meloid, melon , melon-bulb, melon dome, melon foot, melongene, melon seed
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Example sentences from the Web for melon But how could they bronze that stubby little body, the melon head, the double chin?
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Trim trousers in nubby shades of lilac were paired with jackets in iridescent hues of melon .
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Cut a ripe and chilled watermelon in halves, crosswise the melon .
The Boston Cooking-School Magazine (Vol. XV, No. 2, Aug.-Sept., 1910) | Various
The traveller gave them all he had, which was a melon , to quench their thirst.
Far Off | Favell Lee Mortimer
Suan was ashamed to refuse; so, even though he knew that he could not tell how many seeds a melon contained, he answered, “Yes.”
Filipino Popular Tales | Dean S. Fansler
It was a "good sign" when a spider spun his web over a melon , or, if put in a square box he should weave a circular web.
Japanese Fairy World | William Elliot Griffis
The fruit which Tanda picked was of the form and size of a melon , and attached by its stem directly to the trunk.
In the Eastern Seas | W.H.G. Kingston
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British Dictionary definitions for melon noun any of several varieties of two cucurbitaceous vines, cultivated for their edible fruit See muskmelon, watermelon
the fruit of any of these plants, which has a hard rind and juicy flesh
cut a melon US and Canadian slang to declare an abnormally high dividend to shareholders
Word Origin for melon C14: via Old French from Late Latin mēlo, shortened form of mēlopepō, from Greek mēlopepōn, from mēlon apple + pepōn gourd
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Words related to melon cantaloupe, gourd, papaya, watermelon, musk, casaba, honeydew, nutmeg, pepo