banana smoothie
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- noun
- /bəˈnænə ˈsmuːði/
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batido de plátano
- She ordered a banana smoothie at the cafe.
Examples
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The café offered a vegan banana smoothie made with almond milk.
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I love a banana smoothie for breakfast.
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She prepared a refreshing banana smoothie after her morning workout.
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Would you like a banana smoothie with your pancakes?
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I love starting my day with a cold banana smoothie made with yogurt and honey.
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She ordered a banana smoothie at the cafe because it sounded refreshing.
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After the workout, he enjoyed a nutritious banana smoothie blended with almond milk.
Synonyms
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A thick cold drink made by blending fruit with milk or yogurt
A cold blended drink made from fruit that cools you and reduces thirst
A drink made in a blender with fruit or vegetables for breakfast
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: a 'smoothie' is a blended drink and 'banana' specifies the fruit ingredient, so a banana smoothie is a smoothie made from bananas. This noun + noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the phrase.
Etymology
The phrase banana smoothie shows the picture: ripe bananas are blended until very smooth to make a cold drink called a smoothie. So it simply means 'a cold, blended drink made from bananas'.