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melon

/ˈmɛl.ən/

Translations

melonnoun

melons

/ˈmɛl.ən/

I bought a ripe melon from the market.

Я купил спелую дыню на рынке.

Synonyms

melonadjective

more melon

Comp.

most melon

Super.

/ˈmɛl.ən/

Used attributively and as a color name.

Synonyms

dusky orange

melonnoun

Any of various large, juicy fruits with a hard rind and sweet, pulpy flesh, such as watermelon, cantaloupe, or honeydew.

We bought a ripe melon at the market.

The vine of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) that bears such fruit.

Melon requires plenty of sunlight to thrive.

(slang) A person's head, especially when considered large or as a single object.

Watch your melon, the doorway is low.

(slang, usually plural) A woman's breasts.

He kept staring at her melons.

A moderate light reddish orange colour resembling the flesh of some varieties of melon.

The walls were painted a soft melon to brighten the room.

melonadjective

Of a moderate light reddish orange colour similar to that of melon flesh.

She chose a melon dress for the summer wedding.