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Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.tə.luːp/

Definition 1:
• Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
• Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe.
Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
• Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.
Labels: Australia, Canada, US, countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.
Example: Distracted by the way that the sudden gust of wind exposed the girl's bare thighs, he tripped on the uneven sidewalk and faceplanted straight into her soft cantaloupes.
Labels: countable, plural-normally, slang

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cantaloupe