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coconut

coconut [noun]

a large fruit like a nut with a thick, hard, brown shell containing hard, white flesh that can be eaten and a clear liquid B1 [ U ] the white flesh of the coconut, often used in cooking

US

/ˈkoʊ.kə.nʌt/

UK

/ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/

Example:

grated/shredded coconut

Oxford Essential Dictionary

coconut

noun
a large fruit that grows on trees in hot countries. Coconuts are brown and hard on the outside, and they have sweet white food and liquid inside.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

coconut

co‧co‧nut /ˈkəʊkənʌt $ ˈkoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: coco 'coconut' (16-18 centuries) (from Portuguese, 'grinning face'; because the bottom of a coconut, with its three spots, looks like a face) + nut]

1. [countable] the large brown seed of a tropical tree, which has a hard shell containing white flesh that you can eat and a milky liquid that you can drink:
large tropical gardens of coconut palms
2. [uncountable] the white flesh of a coconut, often used in cooking:
desiccated coconut (=dried coconut)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coconut

co·co·nut [coconut coconuts] [ˈkəʊkənʌt] [ˈkoʊkənʌt] noun

1. countable the large nut of a tropical tree called a coconut palm. It grows inside a hard shell and contains a soft white substance that can be eaten and juice that can be drunk.

2. uncountable the soft white substance inside a coconut, used in cooking
• desiccated coconut
• coconut biscuits/cookies
• coconut oil
Example Bank:
• She broke open the coconut and drank its sweet milk.
• a bay fringed with swaying coconut palms

• huge bunches of fresh coconuts

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

coconut / ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt / / ˈkoʊ- / noun

coconut

B1 [ C ] a large fruit like a nut with a thick, hard, brown shell containing hard, white flesh that can be eaten and a clear liquid B1 [ U ] the white flesh of the coconut, often used in cooking:

grated/shredded coconut

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

coconut

[ko͟ʊkənʌt]
coconuts
1) N-COUNT A coconut is a very large nut with a hairy shell, which has white flesh and milky juice inside it.
...the smell of roasted meats mingled with spices, coconut oil and ripe tropical fruits.
2) N-UNCOUNT Coconut is the white flesh of a coconut.
Desiccated coconut is used by confectioners and cake makers for its flavour.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

coconut

co·co·nut /ˈkoʊkəˌnʌt/ noun, pl -nuts
1 [count] : a large fruit that has a thick shell with white flesh and liquid inside it and that grows on a palm tree - see color picture
2 [noncount] : the white flesh of a coconut
• The pastry is covered with shredded coconut.
• a piece of coconut

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grape

grape [noun]

a small round purple or pale green fruit that you can eat or make into wine

US

/ɡreɪp/

UK

/ɡreɪp/

Example:

black/white/red/green grapes

Oxford Essential Dictionary

grape

noun
a small green or purple fruit that we eat or make into wine:
a bunch of grapes

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

grape

grape /ɡreɪp/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: crape, grape 'hook, bunch of grapes']

one of a number of small round green or purple fruits that grow together on a ↑vine. Grapes are often used for making wine:
a bunch of grapes
grape juice
red seedless grapes ⇨ sour grapes at ↑sour¹(5)
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ grape one of a number of small round green or purple fruits that grow together on a ↑vine. Grapes are often used for making wine: I've brought you a bunch of grapes. | Different grape varieties produce wines of widely different character.
▪ vine (also grapevine) a plant that produces grapes: There are 2,000 acres of vines in England, compared with 2.6 million in France. | He left the grapes on the vine as long as possible — sometimes even late into October.
▪ vineyard a piece of land where grapevines are grown in order to produce wine: The wine is from one of Germany's most famous vineyards.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grape

grape [grape grapes] [ɡreɪp] [ɡreɪp] noun

a small green or purple fruit that grows in bunches on a climbing plant (called a vine). Wine is made from grapes
• a bunch of grapes
• black/white grapes (= grapes that are actually purple/green in colour)
• We picked grapes in the south of France last summer.
see sour grapes at sour _adj.
Word Origin:
Middle English (also in the Old French sense): from Old French, bunch of grapes, probably from graper ‘gather (grapes)’, from grap ‘hook’ (denoting an implement used in harvesting grapes), of Germanic origin.
Example Bank:
• The peasants used to tread the grapes in huge vats.

• lovely sweet grapes

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grape / ɡreɪp / noun

grape

A2 [ C ] a small round purple or pale green fruit that you can eat or make into wine:

black/white/red/green grapes

a bunch of grapes

seedless grapes

grape juice

the grape [ S ] humorous

wine

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

grape

[gre͟ɪp]
grapes
1) N-COUNT Grapes are small green or dark purple fruit which grow in bunches. Grapes can be eaten raw, used for making wine, or dried.
2) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, PHR after v If you describe someone's attitude as sour grapes, you mean that they say something is worthless or undesirable because they want it themselves but cannot have it.
These accusations have been going on for some time now, but it is just sour grapes.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

grape

grape /ˈgreɪp/ noun, pl grapes [count] : a green, dark red, or purplish-black berry that is used to make wine or is eaten as a fruit
• a bunch of seedless grapes
- see color picture
- see also sour grapes

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banana

banana [noun]

US

/bəˈnæn.ə/

UK

/bəˈnɑː.nə/

Example:

I bought one bunch of bananas, last night.

a long curved tropical fruit with a yellow skin

Persian equivalent:

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Example:

I bought one bunch of bananas, last night.

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Oxford Essential Dictionary

banana

noun
a long curved yellow fruit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

banana

ba‧na‧na /bəˈnɑːnə $ -ˈnæ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
a long curved tropical fruit with a yellow skin

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

banana

ba·nana [banana bananas] [bəˈnɑːnə] [bəˈnænə] noun

a long curved fruit with a thick yellow skin and soft flesh, that grows on trees in hot countries
• a bunch of bananas
Idiom: go bananas
Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: via Portuguese or Spanish from Mande. Mande is a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken by the Mande people of West Africa.
Example Bank:

• The company has acquired an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

banana / bənɑ.nə /    / -næn.ə / noun [ C or U ]

banana A1 a long, curved fruit with a yellow skin and soft, sweet, white flesh inside:
a bunch of bananas
banana milkshake

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

banana

/bənɑ:nə, -næn-/
(bananas)

1.
Bananas are long curved fruit with yellow skins.
...a bunch of bananas.
N-VAR

2.
If someone is behaving in a silly or crazy way, or if they become extremely angry, you can say that they are going bananas. (INFORMAL)
Adamson’s going to go bananas on this one.
ADJ: v-link ADJ

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

banana

ba·nana /bəˈnænə, Brit bəˈnɑːnə/ noun, pl -nan·as [count, noncount] : a long curved fruit with a thick peel that is yellow when it is ripe
• a bunch of bananas
• peel a banana
• (US) a banana peel = (Brit) a banana skin
✦In British English banana skin is used figuratively to describe a foolish or embarrassing mistake or failure.
• a director who has

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lemon

lemon [noun] (FRUIT)

US

/ˈlem.ən/

UK

/ˈlem.ən/

Example:

I like lemon.

An oval fruit that has a thick, yellow skin and sour juice

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Example:

I like lemon.

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Oxford Essential Dictionary

lemon

noun
a yellow fruit withsour (= sharp tasting) juice that is used for giving flavour to food and drink:
lemon juice

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

lemon

I. noun

I. lem‧on1 /ˈlemən/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: limon, from Medieval Latin limo, from Arabic laymun]

1. [uncountable and countable] a fruit with a hard yellow skin and sour juice:
   • a slice of lemon
   • Add a few drops of lemon juice.
2. [uncountable] British English a drink that tastes of lemons:
   • a glass of fizzy lemon
3. (also lemon yellow) [uncountable] a pale yellow colour
4. [countable] especially American English informal something that is useless because it fails to work or to work properly:
   • I soon realized the van was a lemon.
5. [countable] British English informal a silly person:
   • He just stood there looking like a real lemon.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lemon

lemon [lemon lemons] noun, adjective [ˈlemən] [ˈlemən]

noun

1. countable, uncountable a yellow citrus fruit with a lot of sour juice. Slices of lemon and lemon juice are used in cooking and drinks

• lemon tea

• a gin and tonic with ice and lemon

• Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the fish.

• a lemon tree

2. uncountable lemon juice or a drink made from lemon

see also bitter lemon

3. (also ˌlemon ˈyellow) uncountable a pale yellow colour

4. countable (informal, especially NAmE) a thing that is useless because it does not work as it should

Syn: dud

5. countable (BrE) a stupid person

Word Origin:

Middle English: via Old French limon (in modern French denoting a lime) from Arabic līmūn (a collective term for fruits of this kind); compare with lime (the fruit).

Example Bank:

• Garnish the fish with wedges of lemon.

• Squeeze a quarter of a lemon over the fish.

Syn: idiot

adjective (also ˌlemon ˈyellow)

pale yellow in colour

Word Origin:

Middle English: via Old French limon (in modern French denoting a lime) from Arabic līmūn (a collective term for fruits of this kind); compare with lime (the fruit).

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

lemon / ˈlem.ən / noun (FRUIT)

lemon

A2 [ C or U ] an oval fruit that has a thick, yellow skin and sour juice:

For this recipe you need the juice of two lemons.

Would you like a slice of lemon in your tea?

lemon juice

[ U ] the juice of a lemon or a drink made from this juice

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

lemon

/lemən/
(lemons)

1.
A lemon is a bright yellow fruit with very sour juice. Lemons grow on trees in warm countries.
...a slice of lemon.
...oranges, lemons and other citrus fruits.
...lemon juice.
N-VAR

2.
Lemon is a drink that tastes of lemons.
N-UNCOUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

lemon

lem·on /ˈlɛmən/ noun, pl -ons
1 [count, noncount] : a yellow citrus fruit that has a sour taste
• The recipe calls for the juice of two lemons.
• Garnish it with a slice of lemon.
- often used before another noun
• lemon juice
• lemon trees
• a lemon grove
2 [noncount] : a bright yellow color - called also lemon yellow,
3 [count] chiefly US informal : a product that is not made well : a product that does not work the way it should
• Our new car is a lemon.
4 [count] Brit informal : a stupid or silly person
- lem·ony /ˈlɛməni/ adj [more ~; most ~]
• a lemony flavor
• a lemony color

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orange

orange [noun] (FRUIT)

US

/ˈɔːr.ɪndʒ/

UK

/ˈɒr.ɪndʒ/

Example:

Orange is a winter fruit.

a round fruit that has a hard orange-coloured skin called peel, and that divides into parts called segments. It grows on an orange tree

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Orange is a winter fruit.

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noun

1 a round fruit with a colour between red and yellow, and a thick skin:
orange juice

2 a colour between red and yellow

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

orange

or‧ange S3 /ˈɒrəndʒ, ˈɒrɪndʒ $ ˈɔː-, ˈɑː-/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Arabic naranj, from Sanskrit naranga 'orange tree']

1. [countable] a round fruit that has a thick orange skin and is divided into parts inside:
orange juice
orange peel
Peel the oranges and divide them into segments.
orange groves (=where orange trees grow)
2. [uncountable] a colour that is between red and yellow:
a bright shade of orange

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

orange

or·ange [orange oranges] noun, adjective [ˈɒrɪndʒ] [ˈɔːrɪndʒ] [ˈɑːrɪndʒ]

noun

countable, uncountable
1. a round citrus fruit with thick reddish-yellow skin and a lot of sweet juice
• orange peel
• an orange tree
• freshly squeezed orange juice
• orange groves (= groups of orange trees)
• orange blossom

see also blood orange

2. (BrE) orange juice, or a drink made from or tasting of oranges
• Would you like some orange?

• A vodka and orange, please.

3. a bright reddish-yellow colour
• a pale shade of orange

• purples and reds and deep shining oranges

4. Orange™a mobile/cell phone company that was started in Britain in 1994. It had a well-known advertising slogan: The future’s bright. The future’s Orange.
see apples and oranges at apple n.
Word Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French orenge (in the phrase pomme d'orenge), based on Arabic nāranj, from Persian nārang.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

orange / ˈɒr.ɪndʒ / / ˈɔːr- / noun (FRUIT)

orange

A1 [ C ] a round sweet fruit that has a thick orange skin and an orange centre divided into many parts:

a glass of orange juice

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

orange

/ɒrɪndʒ, AM ɔ:r-/
(oranges)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.
Something that is orange is of a colour between red and yellow.
...men in bright orange uniforms.
COLOUR

2.
An orange is a round juicy fruit with a thick, orange coloured skin.
...orange trees.
...fresh orange juice.
N-VAR: oft N n

3.
Orange is a drink that is made from or tastes of oranges.
...vodka and orange.
N-UNCOUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

orange

or·ange /ˈɑrɪnʤ, ˈorɪnʤ/ noun, pl -ang·es [count, noncount]
1 : a citrus fruit that is round and that has an orange skin
• He peeled the orange.
• a slice of orange
- often used before another noun
• an orange tree/grove/peel
• I drink a glass of orange juice [=juice from an orange] every morning.
- see color picture
- see also blood orange
2 : a color between red and yellow that is like the color of fire and carrots - see color picture
compare apples and/to/with oranges
- see ¹compare

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