coconut

CEFRC1

/ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large brown fruit with hard shell and white flesh.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.

Examples

  • I would eat coconut cake every day if I could.

  • In order to get the coconut milk, you must first crack the coconut open.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • [ˈkʰoʊ̯.kəˌnʌt]
  • /ˈkoʊ.kəˌnʌt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The edible white flesh of this fruit.

  2. A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

  3. The coconut palm.

More examples

In context

  • The drinks were served in coconut shells.

  • 'How unfortunate.' 'Yes. It's rather causing him to go off his coconut. He's met a girl, you see. A peach.'

  • Your mum is a white whore, you coconut.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From coco + nut. In reference to assimilated Hispanic or black people, derived from the fruit's exotic origins. The slur originates from the idea that one is "brown on the outside, white on the inside". In reference to Polynesians, from the ubiquity of coconut palms in the area.