banana
- noun
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A long, curved fruit with a thick yellow skin that you peel off before eating the soft white inside.
She peeled a banana and ate it on the way to work.
I usually put a banana and some milk in my smoothie.
These bananas are still green, so leave them for two days.
Children get a banana with their lunch at our school.
Common collocations: peel a banana · banana skin · a bunch of bananas · ripe banana · banana bread
Part of: Fruit
Forms
- plural
- bananas