noun
watermelon
WAW-tuh-meh-luhn
noun
1
A large fruit with a hard green rind and sweet, watery red flesh, or the plant that grows it.
"We sliced up a cold watermelon for the picnic."
"Watermelon plants need a lot of space to spread their vines."
2
A shade of pinkish-red similar to watermelon flesh.
"She painted her nails a bright watermelon color."
How to Use Watermelon
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA big, juicy, red-fleshed fruit — or the pink-red color that matches it.
Common pairings
slice of watermelon
watermelon seeds
watermelon pink
Word Forms
watermelons plural
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Etymology
From the 1610s, simply "water" plus "melon," describing its unusually high water content compared to other melons. Other languages coined near-identical compounds, like French melon d'eau and German Wassermelone.