watermelon
- noun
- B2
- Top 10000
A very large round or long fruit with a hard green skin and sweet, watery red inside full of black seeds.
We cooled a whole watermelon in the river before lunch.
She cut the watermelon into thick slices for the children.
Watermelon is mostly water, so it is very refreshing.
Could you buy half a watermelon at the market today?
Common collocations: a slice of watermelon · cut a watermelon · seedless watermelon · watermelon juice · chilled watermelon
Part of: Fruit
Forms
- plural
- watermelons