honeydew melon

noun

: a pale smooth-skinned winter melon with sweet greenish flesh

Examples of honeydew melon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web From what looks like a royal jewel chest, a server pulls tiny drawers housing accoutrements—hoisin, scallions, matchsticks of cucumber, pickles, honeydew melon—then demonstrates the optimal technique for wrapping slices of meat and garnishes into bing pancakes, plucked from a bamboo steamer. Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023 After making your favorite sangria recipe, add a spooky twist to this classic by filling your punch bowl with fruit like honeydew melon and apples sliced into fun Halloween shapes using cookie cutters. Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2023 Fresh garnishes: Add even more color by garnishing the drink with both honeydew melon and fresh raspberries. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023 The $22 Honey Deuce cocktail, which mixes Grey Goose vodka, lemonade and Chambord and is topped with honeydew melon balls, is on track to surpass last year’s sales, the vodka company told CNN. Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023 Petrucci recommends a cucumber melon cooler, which combines chicken bone broth, ripe honeydew melon, English cucumber, fresh lime juice, tequila, hot sauce, and ice. Christina Montoya Fiedler, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2023 The kit has taro, honeydew melon, green tea latte, milk tea, Thai tea and spiced chai tea latte along with two packs of boba, a set of thick straws and a tea shaker. Jacorey Moon, goodhousekeeping.com, 4 May 2023 This selection of seeds contains large individual packets of different melons, including green honeydew melon and crimson sweet watermelon. Jennifer Blair, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023 Larger than a honeydew melon. Oliver Whang, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of honeydew melon was in 1894

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“Honeydew melon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honeydew%20melon. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

honeydew melon

noun
: a pale smooth-skinned muskmelon with greenish sweet flesh

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