melón

  • 41melon — [14] Greek mēlon actually meant ‘apple’. But combination with pépōn ‘ripe’ (a relative of English peptic [17]) produced mēlopépōn, which was used for ‘melon’. This passed into Latin as mēlopepō, but the pepō part was subsequently dropped, giving… …

    Word origins

  • 42melon — 1. noun /ˈmɛlən/ a) Any of various fruits of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. b) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh. 2. adjective /ˈmɛlən/ Of a light pinkish orange colour,… …

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  • 43melon — n. a juicy; ripe; tasty melon * * * [ melən] ripe tasty melon a juicy …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 44melon — sf., Fr. melon Yuvarlak ve bombeli (şapka) Şimdilerde kimsenin giymediği melon bir şapka, boynunda yün atkısı olan bir adam... M. Ş. Esendal …

    Çağatay Osmanlı Sözlük

  • 45melon — m IV, D. a, Ms. melonnie; lm M. y 1. «Cucumis melo, jednoroczna roślina z rodziny dyniowatych, o dużych, kulistych, aromatycznych owocach, występująca w wielu odmianach; pochodzi z obszarów tropikalnych, uprawiana także w południowych rejonach… …

    Słownik języka polskiego

  • 46melon — 1) n American the head. The humorous usage featured in the cult 1992 film, Wayne s World. ► Use your melon, guy! 2) melon head …

    Contemporary slang

  • 47melon — noun 1》 the large round fruit of a plant of the gourd family, with sweet pulpy flesh and many seeds. 2》 the plant which yields melons. [Cucumis melo subsp. melo.] 3》 Zoology a waxy mass in the head of some toothed whales, thought to focus… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 48melon — UK [ˈmelən] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms melon : singular melon plural melons a large round fruit that has a hard green or yellow skin and soft orange, green, or white flesh inside …

    English dictionary

  • 49melon — mel•on [[t]ˈmɛl ən[/t]] n. 1) pln the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon 2) medium crimson or deep pink 3) zool. the upper portion of the head of a whale or dolphin 4) inf a) a large extra dividend… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50melon — /ˈmɛlən / (say meluhn) noun 1. the fruit of any of various members of the family Cucurbitaceae as the paddy melon, Cucumis myriocarpus. 2. Colloquial a head. 3. Colloquial a stupid person; fool. –phrase 4. cut a melon, US Colloquial to declare a… …