orange
- noun
- /ˈɔrɪndʒ/
- The trees were small and crouched, with oranges and lemons heavily hanging from their branches.
Examples
-
The aroma of oranges from a nearby grove was reassuring and familiar.
Academic text (2016) -
Limes and oranges.
-
- A vodka and orange makes the day so much better.
-
- Every volunteer got four oranges.
-
I got three navel oranges.
-
First, they went to pick oranges at 9:10, and they left at 9:30.
Academic text (2006) -
A banquet of oranges.
-
They're celebrating Christmas in 70-degree weather, you know, and I just went, and I picked me up an orange off a tree, and sat down on a bench and listened... to that choir sing, eating my orange, you know.
-
We picked oranges from the tree to make fresh juice for breakfast.
-
She handed me two oranges, saying they were the sweetest ones in the market.
Synonyms
A tree that grows round sweet fruit you can eat
A tree that grows juicy fruits like oranges, lemons, or limes
A tree that grows sweet oranges used for eating and making juice
A tree that makes sweet oranges eaten fresh or made into juice
A large orange tree that makes big, sweet fruit easy to peel
A large sweet orange with easy to peel skin grown in Florida
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
A strong chemical sprayed in the Vietnam War to kill plants that caused long-term harm to people and land
A Protestant group in Northern Ireland that holds yearly parades celebrating union with Britain
A sweet spread made from oranges with small pieces of peel for bread or toast
A frozen concentrate of orange juice that you mix with water before drinking
- Specialized
An orange paint colour artists use that stays bright for a long time
A former province in central South Africa settled by Dutch farmers, renamed Free State in 1997
A large river in southern Africa that flows west to the Atlantic and forms part of the border with Namibia
A type of orange tree that produces small sour fruit and is used for grafting and marmalade
An apple eaten fresh with yellow to orange skin that tastes sweet and smells nice
- Offensive
An armed Protestant group in Northern Ireland that attacks Catholics and their property
- Specialized
A small thorny Chinese tree with inedible orange fruit used as a base for citrus trees or hedges
A small citrus tree from Italy with pear-shaped fruit whose oil flavors tea and perfumes
A tall plant that lives for many years and has bright orange flowers that attract butterflies
A small tree from Southeast Asia that grows sweet, easy-to-peel orange fruit
A small orange tree that makes sour fruit used for marmalade and to start new orange trees
- Specialized
An orange dye used in labs that changes color to show if a liquid is acidic or basic
A North American annual plant with yellow or orange flowers that grows in wet, acidic soil
- Australian
A small bat with orange fur that lives in forests in northwest Australia
A bog plant with spikes of orange-yellow flowers that grows in the southeastern United States
A bright orange cup-shaped growth on the ground that looks like an orange peel
- Specialized
A small moth whose caterpillars feed on oranges and damage fruit crops
How Tall
Surface Forms
Etymology
Orange for the tree comes from the same fruit name nāraṅga, because people simply named the tree after the fruit it produces.