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# How to pronounce "rockmelon" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/rɒkkmɛlɒn/`
- **Native Audio Recording**: [Listen to Audio Clip](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/En-au-rockmelon.ogg/En-au-rockmelon.ogg.mp3)
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **roc·kme·lon**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: A type of melon, Cucumis melo var. reticulatus, with sweet orange flesh and a rough skin resembling netting.
  - *Example*: "1998, FAO, Pesticide Residues in Food, 1998, Evaluations: Part 1: Residues, Volume 1, page 459, Australia reported trials on cucumbers, zucchini, rockmelons and watermelons. […] Twenty-four rockmelons were dipped, followed by 24 cucumbers. The dimethoate dip solution was analysed before and after the dippings and contained 409 mg/l and 404 mg/l respectively. Four samples each of rockmelon and cucumber were taken 0, 3 and 7 days after treatment and homogenized."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (1 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "rockmelon" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "breeder, recognized as one of the major figures in establishing the Australian rice industry and the range of other commercial crops such as peaches, apricots, pears, almonds, grapes and rockmelons. In 1928, while still very young. Poggendorff selected the first of the pure line rice varieties to be bred at the Yanco Rice Research Institute near Leeton."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdPBW5r8JOw&t=176s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Synonyms**: [cantaloupe](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/cantaloupe)
- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [roc](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/roc), [rocaglamide](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/rocaglamide), [rocaille](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/rocaille), [rocambole](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/rocambole), [rocambolesque](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/rocambolesque), [roccella](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/roccella), [roccellaceous](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/roccellaceous), [roccellin](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/roccellin)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "rockmelon" correctly?
"rockmelon" is pronounced `/rɒkkmɛlɒn/`. Syllable breakdown: **roc·kme·lon**.

### What does "rockmelon" mean in context?
A type of melon, Cucumis melo var. reticulatus, with sweet orange flesh and a rough skin resembling netting.

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