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coconut English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word coconut once they have reached the level C2 – Proficient. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning coconut meaning

What does coconut mean?

Definitions in simple English

coconut Noun

— A coconut is a large seed that grows in a coconut palm.

coconut

— noun the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries

— 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

— noun tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics

Synonyms coconut synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as coconut?

coconut English » English

coco

cocoanut

coconut tree

coconut palm

coconut meat

ripe coconut

cocoa palm

coco palm

Cocos nucifera

sway

stalk

palm

nut

nearly ripe

nariyal

kind of vegetable

green coconut

ear-ring

copra

coconut shell

cocoa-nut

Topics coconut topics

What do people use coconut to talk about?

Universe, creation Plant

Tree

• What types of trees are there?
  acacia alder almond apple apricot ash aspen avocado azalea balsa balsam banyan bayberry beech betel nut birch blackberry blueberry box boxwood Brazil breadfruit broom camellia cashew cassia catalpa cedar cherry chestnut chinaberry cinnamon cinchona citron citrus clove coca coconut coffee cornel cottonwood cranberry currant cypress date dogwood ebony elder elm eucalyptus fig fir forsythia gardenia gingko grapefruit guava gum hawthorn hazel hazelnut hemlock henna hickory ironwood juniper jute kumquat laburnum larch laurel lemon lignum lilac lime linden litchi locust magnolia mahogany mango mangrove manzanita maple marihuana marijuana mesquite mimosa mistletoe mulberry myrtle nutmeg oak oleander olive orange papaw papaya persimmon peach pear pecan persimmon pine pistachio plane plum poinciana pomegranate poplar quince redwood rosewood sandalwood sapling sassafras satinwood saxifrage scrub senna sequoia sisal spruce spurge stinkwood sumac sycamore tamarack tamarind tamarisk tangerine teak walnut upas willow yew ylang-ylang

Daily life Food Types of food Food from plants

Food from seeds

• What types of nuts are eaten?
  peanut groundnut cashew walnut almond cola nut palm nut coconut cocoa nut

Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops Growing trees

Growing coconuts

• What words refer to growing coconuts?
  coconut husk shell copra milk dry

Examples coconut examples

How do I use coconut in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Put the lime in the coconut.

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

Coconut oil does wonders!

I drink coconut water in the morning.

Tom has a pet monkey named Coconut.

This is a coconut.

A coconut is not a nut.

The doctor suggested a Kitavan islander's diet of tubers, fresh fruit, coconut, and fish.

The octopus walked underwater like a human with two tentacles while carrying two halves of a coconut with the other six tentacles.

The drinks were served in coconut shells.

I want to drink coconut milk.

As a lark, Tom bought Mary a plastic-grass hula skirt and a coconut-shell bra, momentarily forgetting that her opportunities to wear this colourful get-up would be somewhat limited.

Movie subtitles

Right where that coconut tree is.

Is there any special way you like your coconut juice?

One coconut, Mr Christian?

Do you like the Coconut Beach Club?

The owner of the Coconut Grove may do what Lina tells him. -.but you're the head of this studio. -Yes, I am.

The natives believe coconut shells ward off the snakes.

The green coconut and its milk I found to be most wholesome, cool and refreshing.

There's fresh water ashore, but no food except a few coconut palms and breadfruit trees.

That's my coconut.

Your coconut?

I said it's my coconut.

They were wrestling over a coconut.

When he stepped between them, he tumbled over a coconut. and fell and hit his head on. that tree.

I run a coconut shy back home.

He could crack a coconut with those knees. If he could get them together.

I'm one of the Coconut Grove girls.

The owner of the Coconut Grove may do what Lina tells him but you're the head of this studio.

That one fell right out of a coconut tree.

We scraped together a little meat and a coconut.

Reynolds stole the coconut.

Here, have a coconut.

Right, we'll start with the grated coconut from the South Seas.

Grated coconut.

The French navy has more to offer for special ops than a coconut shell.

You can't get a coconut everytime.

As far as I'm concerned, a coconut hit you on the mouth.

Not when his dad is driving a coconut lorry.

And the knife had been in the coconut bag?

He's going to get coconut poisoning.

I've got your knife and some coconut.

For the last time, put your hand up if you stole the coconut.

Do you have to steal coconut?

The Ogre is a coconut driver.

You're a coconut driver.

I'm a street kid, but I can't steal coconuts, - because you're a coconut driver.

It gave Gotfred coconut poisoning.

There'll be plenty of coconut milk.

Remember when we planted a coconut on his mother's grave?

News and current affairs

Even fatty fruits - coconut, olives, avocados - are low in carbohydrate.