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watermelon

watermelon

89 1.0
A large round fruit with green skin and sweet, juicy red flesh
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːtərˌmɛlən/
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  • She chose a bright green watermelon because it looked ripe and sweet.
  • consumption of watermelon
  • watermelon varieties
  • watermelon and other melons

And this is the striped Klondike blue ribbon watermelon now.

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Examples

  • We went to a stone church and ate watermelon among our great-grandparents' tombstones.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Would you rather have a seedy watermelon or a seedless watermelon?

  • Hey, Vic, you want some watermelon?

  • Look at the size of these watermelons, they are huge.

  • Uncle Lofton told my brother and me to go to the watermelon patch and bring a watermelon.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • In that part of Texas, there were miles and miles of watermelons we'd drive through.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • And this is the striped Klondike blue ribbon watermelon now.

  • And it smells like watermelon Jolly Ranchers.

  • On a hot summer day, a cold slice of watermelon is incredibly refreshing.

  • At the picnic, everyone enjoyed the delicious watermelon after the barbecue.

Synonyms

fruit
vswatermelon
957 1.0

An edible part of a plant like an apple or orange

is a large seeded type with hard rind and juicy red or yellow flesh
melon
vswatermelon
86 1.0

A large round or oval fruit with thick skin and soft sweet inside like a watermelon

is a specific type with green rind and red or yellow flesh and seeds

Compounds

A thick outer skin of a watermelon that surrounds the sweet, red flesh

A houseplant with thick green leaves striped silver like a watermelon rind

A climbing or trailing plant that grows a large green fruit with red inside

Longer from top to bottom than wide, like a watermelon

How Ripe

overripe
7 3.0
watermelon
89 1.0
unripe
3 2.7

Surface Forms

watermelon singular
watermelons plural

Morphology

watermelon = water + melon (transparent) = water + melon

A straightforward compound of 'water' + 'melon' where the modifier 'water-' signals a melon with very watery, juicy flesh, a relation easily inferred by learners.

Etymology

The word watermelon is made from the two simple words water and melon, meaning a melon 'full of water'. That is why a watermelon is the large, round fruit known for its very juicy, watery flesh.