Synonyms for cantaloupe


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kan-tl-ohp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn tlˌoʊp


Définition of cantaloupe

Origin :
  • also cantaloup, 1739, from French, from Italian, from Cantalupo, name of a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons first were grown in Europe after their introduction (supposedly from Armenia). The place name seems to be "singing wolf" and might refer to a spot where wolves gathered, but this might be folk etymology.
  • noun muskmelon
Example sentences :
  • "We get in all right," he parried, putting his spoon into his cantaloupe.
  • Extract from : « Blue-grass and Broadway » by Maria Thompson Daviess
  • A good way to dry tomato, cantaloupe, and other seeds is to put them on blotters.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various
  • My right hand was split and rapidly becoming the size of a cantaloupe.
  • Extract from : « Nat Goodwin's Book » by Nat C. Goodwin
  • The rust problem is a serious one in cantaloupe culture in Colorado.
  • Extract from : « The Vegetable Garden » by Anonymous
  • Old alfalfa ground is most excellent for cantaloupe culture.
  • Extract from : « The Vegetable Garden » by Anonymous
  • I do not blame a gourd for not being a cantaloupe, but I like cantaloupes.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • The wagon-box was piled high with the last of our cantaloupe crop.
  • Extract from : « Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim » by Carrie L. Marshall
  • They are fat, squat sisters with the lines of half a cantaloupe.
  • Extract from : « With the French in France and Salonika » by Richard Harding Davis
  • The dealer took the cantaloupe from her, examining it briefly.
  • Extract from : « The Clock Strikes Thirteen » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • So was the cantaloupe—but Knowlton had not made that, either.
  • Extract from : « I Walked in Arden » by Jack Crawford

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