different between pillow vs cantaloupe

English

Etymology

From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pylwe, pylu, pyle (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulw? (“pillow”), from Latin pulv?nus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust, powder”) +? -?nus (“-ine”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?lo?/
• (US, dialectal) IPA^(key): /?p?lo?/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Noun

pillow (countable and uncountable, plural pillows)

1. A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     And it is a pillow!

2. (geology) A pillow lava.
3. (engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
4. (nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
5. The socket of a pivot.
6. (uncountable) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Maori: pera

Translations

Verb

pillow (third-person singular simple present pillows, present participle pillowing, simple past and past participle pillowed)

1. (transitive) To rest as on a pillow.
   • 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)

     She had pillowed her head on her arm.

English

Alternative forms

• cantaloup, cantalope

Etymology

From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), after a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæn.t?.lu?p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæn.t?.lo?p/

Noun

cantaloupe (plural cantaloupes)

1. A melon of species Cucumis melo subsp. melo with sweet orange flesh, with numerous cultivars in several cultivar groups.
   1. (Britain, Ireland) Smooth-skinned, also known as true cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and also grown in Europe. [From 1739.]
   2. (Australia, US) Having a rough skin resembling netting; also known as muskmelon or rockmelon.
2. An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.

Translations

Further reading

• cantaloupe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Finnish

Noun

cantaloupe

1. Synonym of verkkomeloni (“cantaloupe”).

Declension