Explore Coconut through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like palm or coco. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Coconut meaning
- A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
- A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
- The edible white flesh of this fruit.
Synonyms of Coconut
Coconut vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Coconut
- The main meaning on this page is: A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. | A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity. | The edible white flesh of this fruit.
- Useful related words include: coconut meat, palm, cocos nucifera, coconut tree.
- Possible Dutch translations are: kokosnoot.
- In the example corpus, coconut often appears in combinations such as: coconut oil, and coconut, coconut milk.
Context around Coconut
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Coconut
- In this selection, "coconut" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, grated, young, scraped, milk, oil and water stand out and add context to how "coconut" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a young coconut while testing and addition of coconut sorbetes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "coconut" sits close to words such as abdul, cows and diplomacy, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with coconut
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What happened to the grated coconut and tender coconut offerings? (10 words)
Use coconut cream or coconut milk to make a creamy soup. (11 words)
Coconut meat, coconut milk, and coconut water are often used in main courses, desserts, and soups throughout the archipelago. (19 words)
What the vice president herself thinks of this being a Kamala Harris coconut piña colada cocktail summer is unknown, though it is a safe bet the sweet blend of pineapple, rum and coconut juice would not be her bar order of choice. (42 words)
I sliced my hand open trying to prize the meat from a young coconut while testing these recipes, so to spare you a trip to A&E I have opted for coconut flakes in my tropical twist on a hot cross bun. (42 words)
The binatog, a Pinoy street food composed of boiled corn kernels topped with freshly grated coconut, is made fancy by Dear Happy and renamed the Binatog Surprise as it is served in a coconut shell with the addition of coconut sorbetes. (41 words)
What happened to the grated coconut and tender coconut offerings? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
Other uses Making a rug from coconut fiber The leftover fiber from coconut oil and coconut milk production, coconut meal, is used as livestock feed.
In the 1980s, Jamaica’s coconut industry was ravaged by the disease which resulted in the deaths of more than seven million coconut plants, and causing a major decline in the amount of land used for coconut cultivation.
The binatog, a Pinoy street food composed of boiled corn kernels topped with freshly grated coconut, is made fancy by Dear Happy and renamed the Binatog Surprise as it is served in a coconut shell with the addition of coconut sorbetes.
The greatest nutrient health benefits of coconut water comes from drinking the water of the young coconut, not the mature coconut milk, which is generally lower in nutrients.
Coconut fronds Toys from coconut leaves The stiff mid-ribs of coconut leaves are used for making brooms in India, Indonesia (sapu lidi), Malaysia, the Maldives, and the Philippines (walis tingting).
Coconut meat, coconut milk, and coconut water are often used in main courses, desserts, and soups throughout the archipelago.
Cooking Green coconuts Coconut water drink An 1890 newspaper advertisement showing tin of dried coconut The various parts of the coconut have a number of culinary uses.
It is often consumed with scraped coconut or coconut sambol, made of scraped coconut, red chilli powder and salt mixed with a dash of lime juice.
Samoa's exports are still concentrated in coconut products ($2.36 million worth of copra, copra meal, coconut oil, and coconut cream) and fish ($1.51 million) but are at least somewhat more diverse than before.
Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, gluten-free coconut macaroons are a delightful treat for coconut lovers.
Local virgin coconut oil and coconut flour producers will undergo export marketing and marketing linkages training until December under a project funded by the European Union.
The sale of coconut juice has propelled profits for Food Fiji Coconut Millers PTE Limited, a year on since it hit the market.
What happened to the grated coconut and tender coconut offerings?
For example, many CBD gummies contain MCT oil, a coconut derivative, which may cause unwanted reactions in users who are allergic to coconut.
Use coconut cream or coconut milk to make a creamy soup.
What the vice president herself thinks of this being a Kamala Harris coconut piña colada cocktail summer is unknown, though it is a safe bet the sweet blend of pineapple, rum and coconut juice would not be her bar order of choice.
By doing this, the 45-year-old explained you'll get just as much coconut and then you can add your water and have double as much for the same price as a single can of coconut milk.
I sliced my hand open trying to prize the meat from a young coconut while testing these recipes, so to spare you a trip to A&E I have opted for coconut flakes in my tropical twist on a hot cross bun.
Their shop has a split personality: In the front, you’ll find all sorts of pastries and breads: currant rolls, butter bread, coconut drops, cassava pone, coconut-and-pineapple tarts and much more.
They have a taste somewhere between coconut and pea (you might have experienced that tropical coconut smell when walking among gorse on a sunny day – in fact, the flowers will be sweeter and tastier when harvested in sunlight).
Common combinations with coconut
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: