Explore Banana through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like herb. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Banana in a sentence
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Banana meaning
- An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
- In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
Synonyms of Banana
Banana vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Banana
- The main meaning on this page is: An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. | An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. | In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
- Useful related words include: banana tree, herb, herbaceous plant, edible fruit.
- Possible Dutch translations are: banaan, pisang, bacove.
- In the example corpus, banana often appears in combinations such as: the banana, of banana, banana bread.
Context around Banana
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Banana
- In this selection, "banana" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, yellow, fried, intense, chips, plants and split stand out and add context to how "banana" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1980s as banana production became and a real banana so in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "banana" sits close to words such as bees, cosmic and fearing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with banana
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
To make a banana split, cut the banana lengthwise and place it in the dish. (15 words)
A wide variety of banana plants will be for sale, along with banana books and other items. (17 words)
But if your 4-year-old niece says, “Be a banana for Halloween,” you buy a banana costume. (18 words)
The next time you’re in the Pizitz Food Hall, stop by for a serving of Southern hospitality from her team, a slice of pound cake or red velvet cake, a scoop of banana pudding or banana cake in a jar, or German chocolate cookies. (45 words)
Initial plans were to do “one store at a time to minimize negative community impacts and to not overly burden Yellow Banana’s cash flow position,” a Yellow Banana associate told city employees in an October email obtained by the Sun-Times. (42 words)
The banana chips business has been doing well and from a single sari-sari store, the Bondoc’s banana chips are now displayed in convenience store in the towns of Valencia, Loay, Dauis, Panglao and Tagbilaran City, all in Bohol. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Banana chips are a snack produced from sliced dehydrated or fried banana or plantain, which have a dark brown color and an intense banana taste.
An Agricultural Research Scientist at Bvumbe Agricultural Research Station, Harold Katondo, in an interview said that due to the banana crop’s social – economic importance, there has been growing demand for improved planting material of banana in Malawi.
A wide variety of banana plants will be for sale, along with banana books and other items.
In a pristine serving dish, you’ll find the Tropical Banana Split, featuring succulent pineapple chunks, a perfectly halved banana, two dollops of whipped cream, maraschino cherries, and toasted coconut flakes.
You already know that overripe bananas can become banana bread, but Adler is here to tell you that green bananas can become curry or tostones, and banana peels can be dry-fried into thoran.
And she has cooked traditional dishes over a fire, including banana porridge, roast lizard and fish roe wrapped in banana leaves.
But if your 4-year-old niece says, “Be a banana for Halloween,” you buy a banana costume.
Initial plans were to do “one store at a time to minimize negative community impacts and to not overly burden Yellow Banana’s cash flow position,” a Yellow Banana associate told city employees in an October email obtained by the Sun-Times.
Splitting open the banana(s) you want to store for six months, the next step is to slice the banana diagonally.
However, the banana plants keep growing taller and higher and it becomes more difficult for farmers to maintain the good practices of banana cultivation.
The Banana’s clue package was filled with subtle references to what could be The Hangover movies as the partying Banana wakes up after a night of partying and finds that he’s late for the stage.
To make a banana split, cut the banana lengthwise and place it in the dish.
FarkingChas: i state your name: It's a real banana, so in a week and a half you have a rotten banana duct taped to your wall.
The banana chips business has been doing well and from a single sari-sari store, the Bondoc’s banana chips are now displayed in convenience store in the towns of Valencia, Loay, Dauis, Panglao and Tagbilaran City, all in Bohol.
The next time you’re in the Pizitz Food Hall, stop by for a serving of Southern hospitality from her team, a slice of pound cake or red velvet cake, a scoop of banana pudding or banana cake in a jar, or German chocolate cookies.
In these ripe banana pancakes, the bananas are mashed as if making banana bread and added to the batter right before the pancakes are prepared.
The review came after Filipino banana exporters raised concerns of possible reduction of their market share in the Japanese market due to high tariffs levied against Cavendish bananas compared to other banana-exporting nations.
As a result, some small banana producers suffering from economic hard times chose to sell their land to the giant banana producers.
Banana State-owned banana producer Surland closed its doors on April 5, 2002, after its inability to meet payroll expenses for the second month in a row; it is still unclear if Surland will survive this crisis.
Banana workers continued at the top of the wage scale in the 1990s; however, in the 1980s, as banana production became less labor-intensive, the companies had decreased their investment and work force.
Common combinations with banana
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the banana 31×
- of banana 18×
- banana bread 11×
- and banana 11×
- banana and 11×
- banana republic 11×
- with banana 6×
- in banana 6×
- banana leaves 6×
- banana pudding 5×