grapefruit
noun
a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
grapefruits
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pluralof grapefruit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Ayelet Kohn and Shachar Shnurman harvested the grapefruits this month - a defiant act of normality amid the burnt-out remains of their neighbours' homes.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024
Companies that specialize in mail order abound; but since some conventional citrus is a pesticide-heavy, especially tangerines and grapefruits, check out growers that specialize in certified organic, like Frog Hollow Farm.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2023
And because he couldn’t afford a soccer ball, he learned to play on the streets using grapefruits or cloth stuffed with newspapers and bound with string.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
I’m just kind of laughing along and then I’ll remember, “Oh, wait, I tweeted about grapefruits a couple of weeks ago.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
The neighbor handed over the money and we handed over the grapefruits, happier and richer than we had ever been in our little lives.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
