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apple juice

apple juice

31 1.0
The liquid from apples that people drink
  • noun
  • /ˈæpəl dʒuːs/
translation icon : zumo de manzana (España)
  • I enjoyed a refreshing glass of apple juice with my breakfast.
  • cup of apple juice
  • drink apple juice
  • glass of apple juice

OK wow, that is apple juice and oolong tea but they are not mixed.

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Examples

  • I went into the shop to buy a banana and a bottle of apple juice.

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  • - I think the apple juice would be better for you, son.

  • OK and apple juice instead of water.

  • All the apple juice you can drink on me.

  • Can I have apple juice?

  • Oh, apple juice would be wonderful.

  • Yes, I'd like an apple juice.

  • I filled a Thermos with apple juice.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Maybe you would have a glass of apple juice or orange juice or grape juice once a year.

  • I had this whole wheat bagel with light cream cheese and some apple juice.

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Synonyms

cider
vsapple juice
76 1.5

A drink made from pressed apples that can be alcoholic or non-alcoholic

is the nonalcoholic pressed fruit drink usually consumed as a plain beverage
fruit juice
vsapple juice
12 1.0

A drink you get by squeezing fresh fruit

is the juice taken specifically from apples rather than many fruits

How Alcoholic

brandy
106 2.7
cider
76 1.5
apple juice
31 1.0

Surface Forms

apple juice singular
apple juices plural

Morphology

apple + juice

The meaning 'the juice extracted from apples' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'apple' (the fruit) + 'juice' (liquid from a plant/food) with no idiomatic shift. Noun–noun compounds that denote a substance made from a source are cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

Apple juice comes from the simple image of apples being pressed so their juice runs out. That's why the name means the liquid made from apple and used as a 'drink'.