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avo

avo

7.7
A green fruit with soft flesh often mashed and spread on toast
  • noun
  • /ˈæv.oʊ/
  • Australian
translation icon : aguacate
  • She made a delicious salad with fresh avo, tomatoes, and lime dressing.

Examples

  • Then I've got some chicken goujons, some avo, some lettuce that'll do me.

  • Mangos, papayas, avos, lychee—and we have wwoofers working on the farm...

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  • Look at these avo and egg on toast.

  • When we say a nice little lunch, it's probably Avo, probably some pea shoots.

  • You can spread them all around evenly and make it flat avo, remove the wax paper slowly.

  • We got the same avo and seven and eggs and tomato and I didn't have my toast, but I had it.

  • For a healthy breakfast, I like to have an avo smashed on my toast.

  • On the menu, there was a special dish featuring grilled chicken and avo slices.

Synonyms

avocado
vsavo
49 1.0

A pear-shaped fruit with rough green or black skin, creamy yellow-green flesh and a large central seed

is the informal slang label rather than the neutral common name
aguacate
vsavo
  • US
1 8.8

A pear-shaped green or black fruit with soft yellow flesh and one large seed

is an informal English label rather than a foreign term
devil's avocado
vsavo
  • Informal
8.5

A funny name for avocado used as a soft spread like guacamole

is the informal general name rather than a joking or food based nickname
alligator pear
vsavo
4.9

A green pear-shaped fruit with creamy yellow flesh and a large seed

is an informal everyday name rather than a regional nickname
avocado pear
vsavo
  • Archaic
2.3

A soft fruit with rough green or dark skin, yellow-green flesh, and a large seed in the middle

is the casual term rather than a descriptive botanical phrase

Surface Forms

avo singular
avos plural

Etymology

The informal word avo is a short form of avocado, so avo simply means the green, soft fruit 'avocado' that people often put on toast.