Plural of melon
regular plural
The plural of melon is melons.
Forms of melon
| Singular | melon /ˈmɛlən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | melons /ˈmɛlənz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Melons in a sentence
- Don’t let the melons get away.2000, Frank F[urlong] Mathias, “Camp Black Hawk and Carlisle Christianity”, in The GI Generation: A Memoir, Lexington, Ky.: University...
- I caught him squeezing her melons.”2013, K. L. Brady, Got a Right to Be Wrong, page 107
- I bought a dozen melons before heading home, as you do.From the entry as you do
- These melons cost a dollar apiece.From the entry apiece
- Americans, however, preferred baby musk melons, or, in areas where they did not grow well, bell peppers.1989, William Woys Weaver, America eats: forms of edible folk art. From the entry mango
Meaning of melon
- noun Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.
- noun Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others.
- noun Benincasa hispida, the winter melon.
Questions about the plural of melon
- What is the plural of melon?
- The plural of melon is melons.
- Is melon countable?
- Melon is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: melon (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Plural of melon.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/plural/melon. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.