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How to pronounce fleshy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sarcoid
Derivation flesh
Type Words
Synonyms heavy, overweight
Derivation fleshiness

Examples of fleshy

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Thirty years is a long time to sit opposite a fleshy cement mixer churning away.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Pull the outer petals off and eat the fleshy bases, dipped in hollandaise sauce.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Crisp white shirts and dirty pink or fleshy coloured tops are good for contrast.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Melons are fleshy, edible cucurbits grown worldwide in a multitude of varieties.
From the sciencedaily.com
As with artichokes, both the fleshy part of the bracts and the heart are edible.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A very pure, intense and fleshy wine from one of the best PG terroirs in Italy.
From the online.wsj.com
They produce very small, fleshy seeds that are quite bitter, but birds like them.
From the washingtonpost.com
This technique is especially appropriate for fleshy-stemmed plants like coleus.
From the dailyherald.com
Please avoid exposing bare fleshy under-curves of the buttocks and buttock crack.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
  • Of or relating to or resembling flesh
  • (fleshiness) more than average fatness
  • Fatness of fruit; big, ripe.
  • Refers to both body and texture. A fleshy wine tastes fatter than a meaty wine, exhibiting some excess oiliness if too pronounced. Often suggests great smoothness and richness.
  • No ribs visible and there is a definite rounded appearance through the back and loin.
  • Soft and smooth in texture, with very little tannin.
  • A wine with a lot of big, ripe fruitiness. These wines are thick on the palate. Glycerine can also give a fleshy impression in the mouth.
  • Soft, smooth texture with low tannins.