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casaba

ca·sa·ba
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-sah-buh]
    • /kəˈsɑ bə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh-sah-buh]
    • /kəˈsɑ bə/

Definitions of casaba word

  • noun casaba a kind of winter muskmelon having a yellow rind and sweet juicy flesh 3
  • noun casaba a type of winter melon with a hard, yellow rind and sweet, usually white flesh 3
  • noun casaba a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a wrinkled, yellow rind and sweet, juicy, greenish flesh. 1
  • noun casaba A winter melon of a variety with a wrinkled yellow rind and sweet flesh. 1
  • noun casaba A variety of melon. 0

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Origin of casaba

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
1885-90, Americanism; named after Kassaba (now Turgutlu), town near Izmir, Turkey, which exported it

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Parts of speech for Casaba

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

casaba popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for casaba

noun casaba

  • cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
  • gourd — the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants, especially those of Lagenaria siceraria (white-flowered gourd or bottle gourd) whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo (yellow-flowered gourd) used ornamentally. Compare gourd family.
  • papaya — the large, yellow, melonlike fruit of a tropical American shrub or small tree, Carica papaya, eaten raw or cooked.
  • watermelon — the large, roundish or elongated fruit of a trailing vine, Citrullus lanata, of the gourd family, having a hard, green rind and a sweet, juicy, usually pink or red pulp.
  • musk — a substance secreted in a glandular sac under the skin of the abdomen of the male musk deer, having a strong odor, and used in perfumery.

Top questions with casaba

  • what is a casaba melon?
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