Used in a Sentence

pineapples

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pineapples.

Editorial note

You might as well say that the reason Dole grows pineapples is that they want to sell those pineapples to the NSA.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pineapples gathered in one view.

noun

The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.

noun

A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.

noun

A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pineapples.

noun

The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.

noun

A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.

noun

A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow).

noun

A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.

Example sentences

1

You might as well say that the reason Dole grows pineapples is that they want to sell those pineapples to the NSA.

2

All that means is that people aren't working in order to buy pineapples, their working to buy other things.

3

Honeycrisp apples (which are a product of the university of minnesota) and Maui Gold pineapples, for example, are IP-protected organisms.

4

You could use that analogy, but only if the NSA really really liked pineapples.

5

But I am impressed by the number of classes they have: who labels pineapples in an image corpus?

6

You can open up a can of tinned pineapples with an axe, but that doesn't make it the right tool for the job.

7

People won't exchange eating pineapples for bananas because bananas are easier to eat, rather, remove the pain of peeling the pineapple, but sell pineapple.

8

This is an argument that no white people should be eating pineapples, mangos, bananas, kiwifruit, etc.

9

At one point pineapples were so exotic, expensive, and sought after that ship captains used to use pineapple motifs for decoration as a status/wealth indicator.

10

Tomorrow I'll be back to rather having pineapples shoved up my nose than write JS.

11

That would make more sense than pineapples.

12

Murder provides a nice apples to apples comparison because, as noted elsewhere on this page, violent crime statistics for the US and UK is an apples to pineapples comparison.

Quote examples

1

Pineapples don't have sleeves, an owl said "Well, you know what I mean,” the moose said.

2

Even people who try to follow a "Raw Fruit" only diet, pit their cherries, cut the skin and hard parts off of pineapples and peel bananas.

3

If you develop a successful business plan selling pineapples- and then a regulator comes in and says that assumptions x, y, & z are no longer legal- why would a business owner decide not to "waste money" on courts?

4

Of course we must not forget the clearest endorsement of pineapple in American Life, in the most famous text of all, where Jefferson (himself secretly addicted to its juices) said "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Pineapples"

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pineapples in a sentence?

You might as well say that the reason Dole grows pineapples is that they want to sell those pineapples to the NSA.

What does pineapples mean?

The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.

What part of speech is pineapples?

pineapples is commonly used as noun.