cantaloupe
UK/ˈkæn.tə.luːp//ˈkæn.tə.loʊp/
cantaloupe noun: cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe.
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Noun
cantaloupe (countable and uncountable, plural cantaloupes)
- Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe.
- Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.
- Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion, page 100
- An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
- A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.
- Distracted by the way that the sudden gust of wind exposed the girl's bare thighs, he tripped on the uneven sidewalk and faceplanted straight into her soft cantaloupes.
- "I tell you I kept crossing my legs and lighting cigarettes, just hoping he'd notice me. But no. Instead he notices something sitting at a table. He sees a great big pair of cantaloupes sticking out from under a blouse."2022 [1951], David Goodis, “Cassidy's Girl”, in Black Cat Weekly, number 52, Wildside Press, LLC, page 324
- Synonyms:
- breasts
cantaloupe meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Gujarati
cantaloupe in Urdu
- چھوٹا خربوزہ
cantaloupe in Bengali
- এক ধরনের মিষ্টি তরমুজ
cantaloupe in Malayalam
- melon
- ഷമാം ṣamāṁ
cantaloupe in Gujarati
- cantaloupe
- સક્કરટેટી sakkarṭeṭī, શક્કર ટેટી śakkar ṭeṭī
More languagesFewer languages
- cantaloupe in Assamese
- বাঙী baṅi, চিৰাল siral
- cantaloupe in Tagalog
- melong bato, kantalupo
- cantaloupe in Malay
- tembikai wangi
- cantaloupe in Indonesian
- blewah, semangka belanda
- cantaloupe in Persian
- گرمک garmak, طالبی tâlebi
- cantaloupe in Thai
- แคนตาลูป kɛɛn-dtaa-lúup
Examples of cantaloupe in a sentence
- The peaches and grapes walking around were no comparison to her cantaloupes.2007, Maryann Reid, Use Me or Lose Me: A Novel of Love, Sex, and Drama, Macmillan, page 130:
- "Suzie that one with the pair of cantaloupes?" Freddy holds his palms out from chest.2019, Louella Bryant, Cowboy Code, Black Rose Writing, page 110:
Synonyms of cantaloupe
Forms of cantaloupe
| plural | cantaloupes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cantaloup |
| alternative form | canteloupe |
| alternative form | cantelope |
| alternative form (obsolete) | cantaleup |
| alternative form (obsolete) | canteloup |
Origin of cantaloupe
From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, literally "howl of the wolf". Named after Cantalupo in Sabina, a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.
Words formed from cantaloupe
Questions about cantaloupe
- What does cantaloupe mean?
- Cantaloupe means cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe.
- What is cantaloupe in Urdu?
- Cantaloupe in Urdu is چھوٹا خربوزہ. See Cantaloupe meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use cantaloupe in a sentence?
- The peaches and grapes walking around were no comparison to her cantaloupes.
- What part of speech is cantaloupe?
- Cantaloupe is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cantaloupe?
- Cantaloupe is pronounced /ˈkæn.tə.luːp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cantaloupe?
- The plural of cantaloupe is cantaloupes.
Words near cantaloupe in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cantaloupe (page history and authors); cantaloupe (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cantaloupe (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); શક્કર ટેટી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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