cantaloupe

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈkæn.tə.luːp/ (UK)
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/ˈkæn.tə.luːp/ (UK) · /ˈkæn.tə.loʊp/ (US)

Definition of cantaloupe

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Ireland, UK)Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
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noun

  1. (Ireland, UK)Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
  2. (Australia, Canada, US)Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
    “Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.”
  3. An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
  4. (plural-normally, slang)A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.
    “Distracted by the way that the sudden gust of wind exposed the girl's bare thighs, he tripped on the uneven sidewalk and faceplanted straight into her soft cantaloupes.”
    “"I tell you I kept crossing my legs and lighting cigarettes, just hoping he'd notice me. But no. Instead he notices something sitting at a table. He sees a great big pair of cantaloupes sticking out from under a blouse."”
    “In the water, Lenox got a little frisky and Farah ended up losing her bikini top. Lenox was glad that she was definitely blessed. The peaches and grapes walking around were no comparison to her cantaloupes.”
    “"Suzie that one with the pair of cantaloupes?" Freddy holds his palms out from chest.”
    “Stepping back to avoid him, I knocked into Xander, who wrapped his arms around me. "Me, too," he cooed. "I love a good pair of cantaloupes."”

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Etymology

From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, literally "howl of the wolf". Named after Cantalupo in Sabina, a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.

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