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Ackee is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Ackee in a sentence

Related words

Ackee | Ackeem

Ackee meaning

  1. A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan.
  2. The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous.

Synonyms of Ackee

akee edible fruit

Related words

Other words often associated with Ackee or its synonyms:

fruit produce

Using Ackee

  • The main meaning on this page is: A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan. | The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous.
  • Useful related words include: akee, edible fruit.
  • In the example corpus, ackee often appears in combinations such as: ackee and, ackee fruit.

Context around Ackee

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

seeing 1× oxtail 1× vegetable 1× yam 1×

Often after:

fruit 2×

Sentence patterns with Ackee

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

ackee and saltfish 1× as yam ackee and sweet 1× cans of ackee fruit and 1× chicken vegetable ackee and cheese 1× dish is ackee and salt 1× goat oxtail ackee and codfish 1× jamaican as ackee and saltfish 1× of the ackee fruit are 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a classic jamaican 1× ackee and saltfish 1× alvin russell and 1× ground beef is 1× jamaican cuisine like 1× the seeds of 1×

Common sentence endings:

ackee and cheese 1× ackee and saltfish 1× and salt fish 1× and sweet potato 1× green vegetable callaloo 1× in global popularity 1×

Words around Ackee

Just before it in the word index:

acked 3 ackbar 4 ackah 4 ack 21 acjc 2 acjachemen 3

Just after it in the word index:

ackeem 2 ackelsberg 2 acker 36 ackera 2 ackerley 14 ackerly 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Ackee

  • In this selection, "ackee" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, seeing, oxtail, vegetable and fruit stand out and add context to how "ackee" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ackee and saltfish and as yam ackee and sweet. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ackee" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ackee

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A classic Jamaican dish is ackee and salt fish. (9 words)

Those sayings are as Jamaican as ackee and saltfish. (9 words)

Ackee and saltfish is another popular dish that is unique to Jamaica. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

He said these successes include continued self-sufficiency in eggs, poultry, pork and tubers; 88 per cent self-sufficiency in table Irish potato; and growth in non-traditional exports such as yam, ackee and sweet potato. (36 words)

Ground beef is most commonly used as a filling for the Jamaican patty, but other fillings are also used, including shrimp, lobster, curried chicken, vegetable, ackee, and cheese. (28 words)

Alvin Russell and Dalton Anderson tried smuggling £2million worth of cannabis into the country by packing it into cans of Ackee fruit and Jamaican green vegetable Callaloo. (27 words)

Example sentences (9)

Alvin Russell and Dalton Anderson tried smuggling £2million worth of cannabis into the country by packing it into cans of Ackee fruit and Jamaican green vegetable Callaloo.

They’re used to seeing ackee in cans, but I showed them how it needs to ripen on the tree.

The seeds of the ackee fruit are highly toxic and should never be consumed.

A classic Jamaican dish is ackee and salt fish.

Jamaican cuisine like jerk meats, stewed peas, curried goat, oxtail, ackee and codfish, and even mannish water also resisted foreign influence, and has grown in global popularity.

Ground beef is most commonly used as a filling for the Jamaican patty, but other fillings are also used, including shrimp, lobster, curried chicken, vegetable, ackee, and cheese.

He said these successes include continued self-sufficiency in eggs, poultry, pork and tubers; 88 per cent self-sufficiency in table Irish potato; and growth in non-traditional exports such as yam, ackee and sweet potato.

Those sayings are as Jamaican as ackee and saltfish.

Ackee and saltfish is another popular dish that is unique to Jamaica.

Common combinations with ackee

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ackee" in a sentence?
An example: "Alvin Russell and Dalton Anderson tried smuggling £2million worth of cannabis into the country by packing it into cans of Ackee fruit and Jamaican green vegetable Callaloo." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "ackee" from authentic English texts.
What does "ackee" mean?
Ackee means: A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan.
What are synonyms of "ackee"?
Common synonyms of "ackee" include: akee, edible fruit.
How many example sentences with "ackee" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "ackee", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.