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melon
[ mel-uhn ]
noun
- the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- medium crimson or deep pink.
- the visible upper portion of the head of a surfacing whale or dolphin, including the beak, eyes, and blowhole.
- Informal.
- a large extra dividend, often in the form of stock, to be distributed to stockholders:
Profits zoomed so in the last quarter that the corporation cut a nice melon.
- any windfall of money to be divided among specified participants.
melon
/ ˈmɛlən /
noun
- any of several varieties of two cucurbitaceous vines, cultivated for their edible fruit See muskmelon watermelon
- the fruit of any of these plants, which has a hard rind and juicy flesh
- cut a melon slang.to declare an abnormally high dividend to shareholders
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of melon1
Example Sentences
Right when the melons were set to burst from their buds and balloon into juicy orbs, a two-month dry spell hit, and Ochoo’s fledgling watermelons withered.
How to store peaches, corn, melons and more summer produceCherries should always be stored unwashed in a breathable produce bag in the refrigerator.
Friday night’s five-course dinner will begin with a melon gazpacho, followed by a roasted Cornish turbot caught by a local fisherman and served alongside locally grown new potatoes, greens and wild garlic pesto.
It’s like drinking a bowl of fruit — strawberries, cherries, melon, plus lots of smiles and fun.
GREAT VALUEThis nice cava lives up to its name, with delicious flavors of red berries and melon, and a fine bead of bubbles.
Rhode Island Reds will not eat melon rinds, banana peels, orange skins, pickles, or onions, F.Y.I.
Do they realize that karela is a bitter melon, popular from China and India to Trinidad and Vietnam?
The man who wrote about hulking linebackers nibbling melon in the Texas dusk.
But how could they bronze that stubby little body, the melon head, the double chin?
Rachel “Bunny” Melon wanted John to be the next president so he could “rescue America.”
"Take some melon, Mr. Mudge," said we, as with a sudden bolt we recovered our speech and took another slice ourself.
The bread-fruit is somewhat similar in shape to a water-melon, and weighs from four to six pounds.
Neither the pine-apple nor water-melon grow in Teneriffe, but abundance of the latter are brought from Grand Canary.
We left Parkers melon on his doorstep to chaperon itself, and turned back with him.
As we came out we saw across the court that the melon had been taken in, so judged that Parker had returned.
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