coconut

Examples

• All

• Chuck breaks open another coconut and gulps down the milky liquid.

  Fiction book (2000)

• What if we put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up?

• You want some coconut water?

  Blink Twice (2024)

• And what we earned was to buy rice, coconut, and butter for our parents.

  Academic text (1993)

• Do you know where I can get coconuts?

  The Birthmark Killer (2021)

• Hey, look at the coconuts.

  Kidnapped (2021)

• It's liquid organic and it's fresh coconut and fresh papaya juice.

• She'd put out glass dishes of coconut, peanuts, and chopped eggs.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Soon, a brightly painted bus loaded with coconuts, bananas, and bulging baskets swerved around the bend.

  Fiction book (1998)

• I just bought a fresh coconut from the market, and I'm excited to drink the water inside.

Synonyms

N

nut

vscoconut

324 1.0

A large hard seed with a shell that you can eat

is a specific fruit with a fibrous husk rather than a general seed

C

cocoanut

vscoconut

• Archaic

1 3.1

A large round fruit with a hard shell, white flesh and liquid you can drink inside

is the same word but written with a different spelling form

C

coquito

vscoconut

• US

9.0

A small young coconut with soft flesh and sweet water

is the larger mature fruit with thick white flesh and central liquid cavity

Idioms

M

milk in the coconut

• Informal

9.9

A sign that something is wrong or unusual in a situation

Compounds

C

coconut oil

16 1.5

An edible oil from inside coconuts used for cooking and skin care

C

coconut milk

12 1.0

A white creamy liquid made from grated coconut flesh for cooking and drinks

C

coconut water

7 1.0

Clear liquid inside a fresh coconut that people drink

C

coconut cream

6 2.5

A thick white liquid made from coconut meat that makes food and drinks richer

C

coconut tree

6 1.0

A tall tropical palm that grows coconuts near the coast

C

coconut cake

5 1.0

A sweet baked cake with small pieces of coconut inside and on top

C

coconut palm

2 2.7

A tall tropical palm tree that grows coconuts

S

shredded coconut

2 1.0

Small thin pieces of coconut used in cooking and baking

C

coconut macaroon

1 3.2

A small sweet cookie made from shredded coconut, egg white, and sugar that is soft and chewy

C

coconut head

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who acts foolishly and lacks common sense

C

coconut meat

1 1.8

Firm white flesh inside a coconut shell that people use in cooking and baking

How Juicy

watermelon

76 1.0

orange

337 1.0

pomegranate

33 3.4

coconut

78 1.0

apple

734 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology