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• I bought a dozen melons before heading home, as you do.From the entry as you do
• I don't like melon much, and I don’t much care for milk chocolate either: I find them both much too sweet.From the entry much
• These melons cost a dollar apiece.From the entry apiece
• She paid no attention to Gabe, chomping away on his melon next to her.2010, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Ambushed!, page 45. From the entry pink slime
• 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
• “Mama’s making gas-house eggs, ’Nessa,” said Danny, cutting into a slice of melon.1984, Lynn Cartier, Intimates, Dell, →ISBN, page 114. From the entry gas-house egg
• It’s probably also because of the women selling melons and boubliki at the stations.1978, Nikolai Nikitin, translated by Victor Peppard, Night & Other Stories, Strathcona Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry boublik
• The women sell both melons and boubliki, both for the reds and for the whites.1978, Nikolai Nikitin, translated by Victor Peppard, Night & Other Stories, Strathcona Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry boublik
• Generally only cucumbers, eggplants, melons and a few other kinds are made into misozuke or narazuke.1958, Mock Joya, Things Japanese. From the entry narazuke
• To prevent any raids on our melon patch Grandfather set a trap alarm—which brought disaster.1940, John W. “Jack” Ganzhorn, I’ve Killed Men, Robert Hale Limited, page 58. From the entry coon
• The Missouri melon, to put it briefly, is the most melonious of melons.1920 August 10, “The Missouri Watermelon”, in Sikeston Standard, page 2. From the entry melonious
• It appears to have the texture of a honeydew melon.2021 May 27, Helen Sullivan, “A praying mantis: she bites into her mate’s head like an apple and cleans her face ‘like a cat’”, in The…. From the entry praying mantis
• The Hami melon, native to the Hami Region of Sinjiang Province, has found a new home here in Jhuangwei, Yilan.(Can we date this quote?), “Food”, in Yilan County Government, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2018. From the entry hami
• Through e-commerce access, the branding of melons from Kukebaire of Bachu district as "Bachu Fragrant Melon" has been built and strengthened.2018 September, Asian Development Bank, Internet Plus Agriculture: A New Engine for Rural Economic Growth in the People's Republic of…. From the entry Yingwusitang
• 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. From the entry olive
• For the table a big platter of artichoke alla giudia, prosciutto with melon, and eggplant with ricotta affumicata.2010 August 13, Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, 44:36 from the start, in Eat Pray Love. From the entry pappardelle
• While Giles had money to waste upon gambling marbles, thanks to his three acres of limes, pawpaw, star apples and melon.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 302. From the entry star apple
• These cakes were made with melon seeds, lotus seeds, almonds, minced meats, bean paste, orange peels, and lard.1989, K. S. Tom, “Celebrations and Festivals”, in Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom, Honolulu, Hi.…. From the entry moon cake
• Suspicious of poison, examines wine corks before drinking, looks melons all over to see if they've been needled.[1948, Joseph Stilwell, edited by Theodore H. White, The Stilwell Papers, Schocken Books, published 1972, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 146. From the entry Ti-hua
• The melon would strike the porker in the ribs or on the head, producing various suidian squeals of pain and frustration.1948, J[ames] C[alvin] Oslin, Benbenjrox, San Antonio, Tex.: The Naylor Company, →OCLC, page 95. From the entry suidian
• The crop of sugar cane is sufficiently good, while that of sincamas, squash, melons, sitao, and oranges is fair.1909, Jose Algue, Miguel Selga, The Government of the Philippine Islands Weather Bureau Manila Central Observatory. From the entry sincamas
• This would directly connect the consumer market all over the country with plantation, production, and sales of melons in Tangnuer district, Yingwusitang village, Bachu.2018 September, Asian Development Bank, Internet Plus Agriculture: A New Engine for Rural Economic Growth in the People's Republic of…. From the entry Yingwusitang
• Cucumisin (EC 3.4.21.25, 67 kDa) is an alkaline serine protease found in various melon fruits such as Cucumis melo L. and various gourds.2017, Alaa El-Din A. Bekhit, Advances in Meat Processing Technology, page 87. From the entry cucumisin
• Take one bite of melon salad with mint, feta, and fiery harissa, or a sip of perfectly puckersome watermelonade and you'll be a convert.2015 July 20, Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm, The Week, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2016. From the entry puckersome
• And, remember, "let the life of every Turkmen be as beautiful as our melons." Wouldn't it be the Turkwomen who have the beautiful melons?2005 September 1, Dale, “Rukhnama In Space”, in sci.space.history (Usenet). From the entry Turkwoman
• The mention of the name always makes one think of the famous Hami melons, but the melons are actually grown everywhere in Xinjiang.1995, Wen Dong Kuang, Focus on Xinjiang, →OCLC, page 19. From the entry Hami melon
• The melon slice, cup, and handle of the pitcher comprise a triple-entendre on the pictorial resemblance between three very different kinds of volume.1993, Jeffrey S. Weiss, “Georges Braque”, in Great French Paintings from the Barnes Foundation: Impressionist, Post-impressionist, and…. From the entry triple-entendre
• Into her darkness, a churning synaesthesia, where her pain was the taste of old iron, scent of melon, wings of a moth brushing her cheek.1984, William Gibson, chapter 18, in Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 221. From the entry synaesthesia
• This time we started with melon, went on to salad and cold chicken, next tried some excellent Camembert and finished up with grapes.1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 151. From the entry wash down
• I do not believe they wanted the money, but they wanted to do some melon cutting for the benefit of their shareholders.1914, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons, volume 113, page 242. From the entry melon cutting
• Oscar stopped the horses and waved to Carl, who caught up his hat and ran through the melon patch to join them.1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 3. From the entry catch up
• The soil downstream of the Lanyang River is great for the cultivation of hami melon because of the plentiful sunshine, excellent water system, and the local mild weather.(Can we date this quote?), “Food”, in Yilan County Government, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2018. From the entry hami
• He takes the fruit and a knife sinkward, and as the women fashion plans he slices melon and devours the red fibers, spitting seeds into the hollow tub.1986, Betty Rollin, Last Wish. From the entry sinkward
• The Papago claim that their ancient pepo would produce a mature, sweet melon if the ground were wet only once, while the "new" melons would not.1945, George Francis Carter, Plant Geography and Culture History in the American Southwest, Issue 5 edition, page 25. From the entry pepo
• A knife is especially important during the melon season, when it is produced with a ceremonial flair and thoroughly cleaned before use by cutting off the base of a melon.1993, Judy Bonavia, The Silk Road From Xi'an to Kashgar, Passport Books, NTC Publishing Group, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 276. From the entry Yengisar

Meaning of melon

1. noun Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.
2. noun Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others.
3. noun Benincasa hispida, the winter melon.

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How do you use melon in a sentence?

Melon is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “Think! Use your melon!”

What is a short sentence with melon?

“Think! Use your melon!”

What does melon mean?

Melon means genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.