Definition of Melons

1. Noun. (plural of melon) ¹

2. Noun. (slang) breasts ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Melons

1. melon [n] - See also: melon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melons

melon
melon-headed
melon-seed body
melon ball
melon ball scooper
melon ball scoopers
melon baller
melon head
melon tree
melon vine
melongene
melongenes
melonite
melonlike
melonoplasty
melons (current term)
melophobia
meloplastic
meloplasties
meloplasty
melopoeia
melopoeias
melorheostosis
melosa
melosalgia
melostemonous
melotype
melotypes

Literary usage of Melons

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"... occurrence was in substance as follows: He received information that some men were hanging around the patch, with the apparent intent to steal melons. ..."

2. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"BOHEMIAN PAPERS melons As I do not suppose the most gentle of readers will believe that anybody's sponsors in baptism ever willfully assumed the ..."

3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1908)
"A vigorous and healthy vine will produce melons of better quality than one which is weak, stunted, diseased or exhausted by previous bearing. ..."

4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"22 Water-melons—Muscatine Island, Iowa, is the most famous place in all the ... I asked a farmer upon that large island how many acres of water-melons were ..."

5. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1904)
"I have never failed but one year — and I have been planting melons since 1868 ... One year the boys thought they could grow melons, and I said, "Go ahead. ..."

6. The California Vegetables in Garden and Field: A Manual of Practice, with by Edward James Wickson (1913)
"From the manner in which they are eaten melons should be classed with fruits ... California is characteristically great for melons; not only for their great ..."

7. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1856)
"CABBAGE.—For the best three heads of Drumhead, to J. Stickney, f4. For the second best, to BV French, $3. For the third best, to GN Comer, $1. MUSE melons. ..."

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