melon
/ˈmɛlən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The game was up and we began paddling furiously for the opposite shore. This caused Flora to shout all the louder: “Boy! Boys! Don’t let the melons get away. Keep the dadblasted things. If you don’t the whole pack of you will be back to plug and ruin another batch!” So we did, sitting down in a ravine out of sight of the scoutmaster. Red looked up, his florid, freckled face wet with melon, and grinned widely: “You know, fellers, I just don’t know what we’d do without Mr. Flora.” Red was to wind up watermelonless in the U.S. Navy!"
- "Six years ago, when Daniel Humm, the 33-year-old executive chef at Eleven Madison Park, was traveling in Barcelona, Spain, he discovered cooks grilling slices of melon and serving them at a tapas bar."
- "She indicated her left melon, underneath which lay the heart. “Because you stuck with me, and whether you ever said it or not, that is love.”"
- "“Wait a minute.” I said. “James with another woman? Mommy, that doesn't even sound right?” “It's true. I caught him squeezing her melons.”"
- "Think! Use your melon!"
Etymology
From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *pekʷ-, meloun, melon, melonem, melopeponem, μηλοπέπων
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɛlən/
- British English: /ˈmɛlən/