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apple-sized

apple-sized

2.2
About the size of an apple
  • adjective
translation icon : del tamaño de una manzana
  • At the market, I found apple-sized tomatoes that were perfect for making fresh salsa.

Examples

  • So an apple sized black hole, heads up.

  • "This is like being able to get the universe to give you a fireworks display whenever you want!" Shortly afterward, they were on their way back home, two still-hot apple-sized meteorites in the back of the truck in a bucket.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • " The massive two-meter-tall being named RAH fluttered six eyestalks tipped with unblinking apple-sized eyes.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The artist created sculptures that were apple-sized, resembling small versions of real fruits.

  • The children picked apple-sized stones from the riverbank to use in their craft projects.

How Big

apple-sized
2.2
thumb-sized
1 2.2

Surface Forms

apple-sized positive

Morphology

apple-sized = apple (transparent) = apple + sized

Meaning is directly derived from 'apple' plus the productive English suffix '-sized' meaning 'having the size of'.

Etymology

The word apple-sized joins apple and -sized and means 'about the size of an apple'. So, when you hear apple-sized, you can quickly picture how big something is by thinking of a common apple.