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cooking apple

cooking apple

2.8
An apple used for cooking, like in pies or sauces, not for eating raw
  • noun
translation icon : manzana para cocinar
  • Unlike dessert apples, cooking apples tend to soften quickly when heated.
  • 1 cup of cooking apples
  • chopped cooking apples
  • 2 cooking apples

Examples

  • The recipe specifically called for a tart cooking apple such as Bramley.

  • She bought a bag of cooking apples to make her famous apple pie.

  • I bought some cooking apples for the pie.

  • A cooking apple is perfect for making sauce.

  • To make a tasty pie, use 3 ripe cooking apples along with cinnamon and sugar.

  • My grandmother's recipe calls for 2 cooking apples to create a delicious apple sauce.

  • She chose a tart cooking apple for the bake sale to enhance the flavor of the dessert.

Synonyms

codling
vscooking apple
  • Archaic
8.2

A small tart apple used for cooking rather than eating raw

is a cultivated variety bred or selected for cooking use rather than eating raw

Antonyms

eating apple
1 1.0

A type of apple that you eat raw

How Suitable

codling
  • Archaic
8.2
cooking apple
2.8

Surface Forms

cooking apple singular
cooking apples plural

Morphology

cooking + apple

The meaning 'an apple intended for cooking' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cooking' (relating to preparing food by heat) with 'apple' (the fruit); the compound simply denotes an apple used for cooking. This attributive noun+noun construction is a regular, compositional pattern in English (and has clear parallels in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Cooking apple is an apple meant to be used for cooking, not for 'eating raw'. These apples are often tart and soften when heated, so the name shows they are best for pies and sauces.