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"to Ball a Melon"

English translation: scoop out balls of fruit from a melon

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English term or phrase:"to Ball a Melon"
Selected answer:scoop out balls of fruit from a melon
Entered by: Dave Calderhead

23:12 Sep 20, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: "to Ball a Melon"
What is it "to ball a melon"??? Is it to peel it? Is it to cut in circles? in spheres?
kseraph
scoop out balls of fruit from a melon
Explanation:
using a small semicircular scoop

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Note added at 20 mins (2006-09-20 23:33:16 GMT)
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see refs for melon baller, the scoop used to make melon balls - little spheres of the fruit:

How to Buy It: Melon Baller - eHow.comAre you wondering where you can buy it: Cheap melon baller, high quality melon baller, free melon baller? Well we probably can't help you find it for free, ...
www.ehow.com/buy_9589_melon-baller.html

Allrecipes | Cook's Encyclopedia | melon ballerA small, bowl-shaped tool used to cut round- or oval-shaped pieces of melon. The best melon ballers are rigidly constructed with wood or metal handles and ...
allrecipes.com/advice/ref/ency/terms/7423.asp

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Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 17:48
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +1scoop out balls of fruit from a melon
Dave Calderhead


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ball a melon
scoop out balls of fruit from a melon


Explanation:
using a small semicircular scoop

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Note added at 20 mins (2006-09-20 23:33:16 GMT)
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see refs for melon baller, the scoop used to make melon balls - little spheres of the fruit:

How to Buy It: Melon Baller - eHow.comAre you wondering where you can buy it: Cheap melon baller, high quality melon baller, free melon baller? Well we probably can't help you find it for free, ...
www.ehow.com/buy_9589_melon-baller.html

Allrecipes | Cook's Encyclopedia | melon ballerA small, bowl-shaped tool used to cut round- or oval-shaped pieces of melon. The best melon ballers are rigidly constructed with wood or metal handles and ...
allrecipes.com/advice/ref/ency/terms/7423.asp



Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 17:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40

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agree  Trudy Peters
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