banana

[US]/bə'nɑːnə/
[UK]/bə'nænə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a sweet and flavorful fruit that is long and yellow in color, with easily removable skin

Phrases & Collocations

ripe banana

banana peel

banana smoothie

banana skin

top banana

banana split

banana republic

Example Sentences

dredge the bananas with sugar and cinnamon.

he considers bananas a luxury.

Their consignment of bananas was / were bad.

How many bananas are in the basket?

Bananas have their own characteristic smell.

I slipped on a banana skin.

"A banana is mainly pulp, except for its skin."

Would you like some bananas?

she went bananas when I said I was going to leave the job.

the insurance market has an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins.

The clock’s going bananas (= isn’t working correctly) .

You can buy fruit here — oranges and bananas, for example.

"Apples, oranges, and bananas are fruit."

I like bananas, but I like oranges, too.

The girl was so satiated with bananas that she would not even look at one.

The new minister slipped on a banana skin before he had been in the job a week.

She handed around bananas and sugar and invited us to eat.

Banana Fusarium wilt disease, a kind of soilborne vascular disease infected by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, causes significant losses in banana production.

The agriculture minister said Bong County grows most of the country's cassava, eddoes, plantains, bananas and potatoes.

Real-world Examples

She gets " some apples and bananas."

Source: Lucy’s Day in ESL

And I will have a banana for lunch.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

Wang Bing, do you have a banana?

Source: Jiangsu Yilin Edition Oxford Primary English (Starting from Grade 3) Grade 4 Upper Volume

He's the creme de la top banana.

Source: The Growth History of a Little Princess

Yeah, well, we do need more yellow bananas.

Source: White-collar English

Do you want this banana? Yes, I want.

Source: Dad teaches you grammar.

Let me draw some bananas on the trees.

Source: Jiangsu Yilin Edition Oxford Primary English (Level 3) Grade 6 Upper Volume

Calling someone bananas is slang for silly or crazy.

Source: 6 Minute English

I actually eat a banana with every single meal.

Source: 73 Quick Questions and Answers with Celebrities (Bilingual Selection)

I'd rather have bananas, I can eat bananas.

Source: Connection Magazine

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