Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: watermelon
IPA transcription: [w'ɔtɚm,ɛlən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: watermelon
    Meaning: large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp
  • Synonyms: watermelon, watermelon_vine, Citrullus_vulgaris
    Meaning: an African melon
Usage examples
  • Well, I says, I needed the watermelon.
  • And yet he made a mighty fuss, one day, after that, when I stole a watermelon out of the nigger-patch and eat it; and he made me go and give the niggers a dime without telling them what it was for.
  • So I let it go at that, though I couldn't see no advantage in my representing a prisoner if I got to set down and chaw over a lot of gold-leaf distinctions like that every time I see a chance to hog a watermelon.