coconut, cocoanut
(noun) large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk
coconut, coconut meat
(noun) the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries
coconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera
(noun) tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
Source: WordNet® 3.1
coconut (countable and uncountable, plural coconuts)
A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
(uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
The coconut palm.
(pejorative, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or dark-skinned person who acts “white” (Caucasian), alluding to the fact that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside.
(South Africa, Australia, pejorative) A black person who thinks or acts "white" (European).
(New Zealand, pejorative) A Pacific islander.
(slang) A female breast.
(slang) The human head (often used in cricket broadcasts when a ball hits or nearly hits a batsman on the head).
• (acting white): banana, Oreo, Twinkie
Source: Wiktionary
29 January 2025
(noun) all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; “he wanted a better sex life”; “the film contained no sex or violence”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
