melon — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

2. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

3. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Benincasa hispida, the winter melon.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

4. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Momordica charantia, the bitter melon.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

5. The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

   أمثلة

   أمثلة إضافية (2)

   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.

6. A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh.

   الاستعمال

   • غير معدود

7. The breasts.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • plural-normally
   • لغة دارجة
   • غير معدود

   أمثلة

   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.”

8. The head, the brain.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • لغة دارجة

   أمثلة

   Think! Use your melon!

9. A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.

   الاستعمال

   • Australia
   • New-Zealand
   • معدود
   • تحقيري

10. A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.

    الاستعمال

    • معدود

صفة

1. Of a light pinkish orange color, like that of melon flesh.

   كلمات ذات صلة

   calabashcantaloupecasabacrenshawmelinitespanspek

اسم

1. any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   edible fruit

2. any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers

   مرادفات

   melon vine

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   gourdgourd vine