apple
- noun
- /ˈæpəl/
- She picked a ripe apple from the tree and took a big bite.
- eat an apple
- apple pie
- apples and oranges
So on deck today, we have a Brie and apple grilled cheese sandwich.
- So on deck today, we have a Brie and apple grilled cheese sandwich.
- So this smells like the freshest apple you've ever eaten.
- Why isn't half apple half pumpkin pie a thing?
- It's like a Berry flavor, but apple lime sounds divine.
- Gosling bangs with that caramel apple back slap on the neck.
- Which of course means freedom, democracy, apple pie and baseball.
Examples
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Do you want pumpkin or apple?
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In 1854, the orchard contained fifty or sixty varieties of apples, a small increase from the fifty in 1852.
Academic text (2015) -
Are you bringing the apple pie?
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- I think the apple juice would be better for you, son.
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It's going to be a good year for apples, man.
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Your mom baked you an apple pie.
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So this smells like the freshest apple you've ever eaten.
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I loved apples in Saigon when GIs brought me apples from their mess hall.
Fiction book (1990) -
The audience in Worcester eagerly gobbled up the whole apple pie served by Stormer.
Academic text (1992) -
Figs, apples, pears.
Synonyms
A red-skinned apple with white flesh that is tart and crisp
An apple with yellow skin and red patches that is crisp and good to eat
A green apple with crisp, tart flesh people often put in pies and salads
A bright red apple with a sweet taste often sold in shops
A sweet yellow apple with a crisp texture and mild flavor
A small sour apple or the tree that grows it often used to make jam
A type of apple that you eat raw
An apple grown to be eaten raw, usually sweet and good for snacking
An apple used for cooking, like in pies or sauces, not for eating raw
Idioms
Children often look and behave like their parents
Compounds
A sweet, smooth food made by cooking and mashing apples, often with sugar and spices
- US
A thick sweet spread from apples slowly cooked with sugar and spices until smooth
- US
A small tree that stays green all year and is used to grow roots for other fruit trees
- Specialized
A small evergreen tree with edible fruit used as a root for other fruit trees
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes orange spots on the leaves and fruit of apple and pear trees
A tall poisonous plant with bad-smelling leaves, large trumpet-shaped flowers, and spiky fruit
A group of mainly tropical trees and shrubs that includes the custard apple and related fruit trees
- Specialized
A small apple tree grown for its tart fruit or pretty spring flowers
A sweet alcoholic drink with apple taste often served after a meal or in cocktails
A small plant with leaves that taste cool and smell like apples and are used in cooking and tea
A tall tropical plant that grows quickly, smells strong, has large trumpet-shaped flowers, and prickly poisonous fruit
- Specialized
A disease that makes apple tree leaves and fruit rot and can kill trees
- Specialized
A small bright green insect that eats apple tree leaves and makes them curl
A creeping plant that lives many years and makes soft yellow-orange berries that taste like baked apples
- Indian
A tropical climbing plant with yellow flowers and bright orange bumpy fruit often grown for decoration or medicine
- Specialized
A North American plant with large umbrella leaves, a poisonous root, and an edible yellow fruit
- South African
A spiny shrub from South Africa that grows round yellow fruit you can eat
- South African
A South African fruit with a sweet apricot-like smell and taste used for jams and pickles
How Ripe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Apple comes from an old German word that meant 'fruit' or any round fruit, and you can still see similar forms in German Apfel and Dutch appel. That's why apple names the round, juicy fruit we eat.