adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
fruit
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Start with fresh, ripe fruit , then rinse carefully in cold water and drain well or pat dry with paper towel.
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Success fell into their laps like ripe fruit from a tree.
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I glance up from my book to notice the apple tree heavy with ripe fruit .
tomato
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The end result was that my head now looked like a ripe tomato .
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Numerous recipes use more familiar ingredients, such as the summertime trio of ripe tomatoes , mozzarella and basil.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't pick the apples until they're really ripe .
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Is this melon ripe enough to eat?
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We were pretty ripe after a week of hiking.
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You'll need a pound of ripe tomatoes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even when ripe , these huge fruits have a greenish yellow skin and flesh, so don't be put off.
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I can taste the rich meat of venison studded with ripe apples and sweet Texas onions.
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I checked daily, in September, until the point where they were almost ripe .
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It was not until they levelled out that she thought again about the possibility of living to a ripe old age.
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So it seemed Meurent lived to a ripe old age.
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The air was ripe with rhetoric, much of it aimed toward the record industry and threatening to whites.