noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bunch of bananas
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Bunches of bananas hung in the trees.
apple/corn/banana etc fritter
banana peel
banana republic
banana skin
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This government has an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins .
banana split
slipping on banana skins
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This government has an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
green
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This always included milk and green bananas , though the latter do not feature prominently on a wild orang's menu.
large
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Beauty was everywhere. Large palms and banana trees lined the roads and hamlets.
small
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Though small , the banana settlement is worth noting.
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Over in a corner, at the entrance to the recreation center, is a small grove of banana and ficus trees.
■ NOUN
leave
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Vehicles and people both were festooned with banana leaves-symbol of rejoicing and fertility, I later learned.
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My father sliced open a square of sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves .
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They put up bunting-banana leaves-round the stadium that day.
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Sometimes the boat was made of wood, sometimes of banana leaves .
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Then they cut it up, with everyone crowding round, ready with banana leaves in which to wrap their piece.
peel
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Then a guy slips on a banana peel .
republic
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This is proof of the erosive effects of past inflation rate which climbed to banana republic levels in the 1970s.
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The Agency had huge collections of intelligence on banana republics and their leaders.
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The guy has more titles than the leader of a banana republic .
skin
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The enamel has peeled off the taps like so much banana skin , revealing dull, patchy brass.
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They dug in garbage piles, looking for anything at all, banana skins , orange peels, discarded greens.
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He's just warning voters of the political banana skins on route to the polling booths.
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Carrie kicked off her shoes and peeled her leotard down like a banana skin .
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A tug-o'-war ensued and suddenly the rope came - unzipping all those carefully placed runners like a thumb through a banana skin .
tree
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He passed veranda-ed houses with red-tiled roofs half-hidden by the great fringed, paddle-like leaves of banana trees .
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Little tin shacks and round huts are scattered across the hills between the banana trees .
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Large palms and banana trees lined the roads and hamlets.
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Coconut and banana trees quickly give way to a dim still forest.
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Occasionally I saw clearings on the sides of the hills where banana trees grew.
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It sang in a sweet trembling voice about a yellow bird up high in a banana tree .
■ VERB
eat
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He scrapped segregated dining rooms and often walked around barefoot and in casual dress, eating bananas .
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He took the opportunity to stretch his legs and eat some biscuits and bananas .
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Said she liked to walk in the rain and eat peanut butter-and-banana sandwiches.
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The Cuds eat two bananas a day.
slip
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Then a guy slips on a banana peel.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
go bananas
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Dad will go bananas when he sees this.
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Roy's customers think the council has gone bananas .
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Victor will go bananas , and Rachel will think I got laid.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But tonight he would like to have something equivalent to a stalk of bananas to purchase, circa 1910.
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Pepita began to pick up the fallen bananas and place them back in their crate.
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Q: We are new to growing bananas.
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The Clinton administration, though generally supporting open markets, had taken a neutral position on the banana question.
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The leader either numbers each pair or gives them names such as apple, banana , cake, or other fruit.
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They brought bananas to Africathey had boats, they travelled.
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Though small, the banana settlement is worth noting.
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Wines Fruit was picked from a plantation growing mangoes, guava, grapes, oranges, lemons and bananas.