dott and

HTML

<div>apple</div>
<div>jack fruit</div>
<div>super puper long title for fruit</div>
<div>watermelon</div>


<span>should look like this...</span>

CSS

div {
font-family: Arial;
       text-overflow: ellipsis;
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
background: #99DA5E;
margin: 5px 0;
padding: 1%;
width: 150px;
overflow: hidden;
height: 17px;
color: #252525;
}
span {
float: left;
font-family: Arial;
background: #FAFA41;
margin: 5px 0;
padding: 1%;
width: 150px;
overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
height: 17px;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
color: #505050;
}