Collocations for "coconut"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "coconut" in context.
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coconut
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [large, ripe, solid, juicy] coconut
- [shaved, grated, dried, desiccated] coconut
- [strips, pieces] of coconut
- [tastes, smells] of coconut
- drink the water from a coconut
- [drink, make] a cocktail in a coconut
- [fruit salad, ice cream] with coconut
- [cut, slice, cleave, hack] open a coconut
- opened the coconut with a [knife, machete, sword]
- Coconuts [fell, plummeted, dropped] from the palm tree.
- A coconut hit him on the head.
- was hit on the head by a (falling) coconut
- a bunch of coconuts
- a coconut tree
- coconut [milk, water, juice, oil, cream]
- [baked, cooked, roasted] in coconut oil
- [made, infused, blended] with coconut milk
- [fish, meat, curry, vegetables] with coconut milk
- use coconut oil for [cooking, sunbathing]
- [smothered, applied] coconut oil on
- coconut [cooking, sunbathing, tanning] oil
- UK: [win, have a go on, try your luck on] the coconut shy
- coconut-flavored [candy, gum, ice cream]
- the [candy] is coconut [flavored]
- coconut-scented [shampoo, lotion]
- the [shampoo] is coconut scented
'coconut' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):