watermelon
A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruitA plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
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» I love the taste of watermelon.
Ich liebe den Geschmack von Wassermelonen. — Sudajaengi
Мне нравится вкус арбуза. — elsteris
Мені подобається смак кавуна. — Wordowl
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Examples
170 sentencesI love the taste of watermelon.
Мені подобається смак кавуна. — Wordowl
ruМне нравится вкус арбуза. — elsteris
deIch liebe den Geschmack von Wassermelonen. — Sudajaengi
Tom wanted another piece of watermelon.
Том хотів ще шматочок кавуна. — deniko
deTom wollte noch ein Stück Wassermelone. — raggione
Tom ate the whole watermelon by himself.
Том сам з'їв цілого кавуна. — oromashka
ruТом съел весь арбуз один. — marafon
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
Wassermelone
арбу́зarbúz
каву́нkavún
(countable, uncountable)The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is typically bright red when ripe and contains black seeds.
Wassermelone
арбу́зarbúz
каву́нkavún
(countable, uncountable)A pinkish-red colour, like that of watermelon flesh (also called watermelon pink).
More meanings 3
(countable, uncountable)A project that is presented as on schedule when it actually has parts that are falling behind.
(countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)An environmentalist with socialist leanings, an ecosocialist.
(colloquial, countable, slang, uncountable)A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
- an African melon
- large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp
Forms
plural: watermelons| Singular | watermelon |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- an African melon:watermelon vineCitrullus vulgaris
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.