apple turnover
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- noun
- /ˈæpəl ˈtɜrnˌoʊvər/
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empanada de manzana
- Every Sunday, we enjoy a homemade apple turnover with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Examples
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Neither are peach cobblers nor apple turnovers.
Blog text (23) -
Maybe they would live up the block from a bakery where they could get apple turnovers for dessert.
Fiction book (1998) -
10 large fries, 10 large colas and 10 apple turnovers.
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She may just need to hang out at home baking apple turnovers.
Blog text (34) -
Hopefully, my aunt will make some dried apple turnovers (aka fried apple pies).
Blog text (28) -
For dessert, I ordered a warm apple turnover filled with sweet cinnamon apples.
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The bakery sells fresh apple turnovers that are flaky and delicious.
Synonyms
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A pastry folded around a fruit or meat filling
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A baked sweet pastry like a pie with sliced apples and sugar
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A baked apple wrapped in dough and served as a sweet dessert
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Morphology
The meaning 'a pastry filled with apple' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'apple' (the fruit) with 'turnover' (a pastry pocket), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes a turnover containing apple. This noun–noun composition follows common compounding patterns and has clear cross‑linguistic parallels (e.g., Spanish 'empanada de manzana', French 'chausson aux pommes'), making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Apple turnover comes from the way the pastry is made. People put apple filling on dough and then turn the dough over to cover it, so the name now means 'a baked pastry with apples folded inside'.