Definition of 'apple'

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apple

(æpəl )

Word forms: apples

variable noun

An apple is a round fruit with smooth red, yellow, or green skin and firm white flesh.

I want an apple.

...his ongoing search for the finest varieties of apple.

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apple in American English

(ˈæpəl )

noun

a round, firm, fleshy, edible fruit with a green, yellow, or red skin and small seeds

any of the trees (genus Malus) of the rose family bearing this fruit, widely distributed in temperate regions

any of various plants bearing applelike fruits, or growths, as the May apple, love apple, etc.

Idioms:

the Apple

Word origin

ME appel < OE æppel, fruit, apple (also, eyeball, anything round); akin to OIr aball (Welsh afall), apple tree

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apple in American English

(ˈæpəl)

noun

the usually round, red or greenish-yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family

the tree, cultivated in most temperate regions

the fruit of any of certain other species of tree of the same genus

any of these trees

any of various other similar fruits, or fruitlike products or plants, as the custard apple, love apple, May apple, or oak apple

anything resembling an apple in size and shape, as a ball, esp. a baseball

7. Tenpin Bowling

an ineffectively bowled ball

8. slang

a red capsule containing a barbiturate, esp. secobarbital

Word origin

[bef. 900; ME appel, OE æppel; c. OFris, D appel, OS apl, appul, OHG apful (G Apfel), Crimean Goth apel ‹ Gmc *aplu (akin to ON epli ‹ *apljan); OIr ubull (neut.), Welsh afal, Breton aval ‹ pre-Celtic *ǫblu; Lith óbuolas, -ỹs, Latvian âbuol(i)s (with reshaped suffix), OPruss woble, perh. Thracian (din)upla, (sin)upyla wild pumpkin, OCS (j)ablŭko (repr. *ablŭ-ko, neut.) ‹ Balto-Slavic *āblu-. Cf. avalon]

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apple in British English

(ˈæpəl )

noun

a rosaceous tree, Malus sieversii, native to Central Asia but widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties, having pink or white fragrant flowers and firm rounded edible fruits

Examples of 'apple' in a sentence
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Pretty double doors open onto a garden with an apple tree.The favourite dish with all ages was apple pie.These bad apples can thrive in a bad barrel. Light and fresh with hints of moreish green apple and pale peppers.He has been offering his MPs signed apples from his garden instead.The twists The apple pie is a superb vehicle for other seasonal ingredients.The central question is, bad apples or bad barrels? Think green apples and elderflower. An apple tree, in London.To finish use a natural pink on the apple of the cheeks to soften the look.

Word lists with
apple

sauce, tree, wood

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Which type of wood am I?

a juniper tree, Juniperus oxycedrus of the Mediterranean region, the wood of which yields an oily brown liquid (oil of cade) used to treat skin ailments

cade calamander sandalwood

Which type of wood am I?

a rutaceous tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, that occurs in the East Indies and has hard wood with a satiny texture

greenheart satinwood yew

Which type of wood am I?

a small evergreen malvaceous tree, Hoheria populnea, of New Zealand. Its wood is used in furniture making and the tough bark for making cord

calamander ribbonwood walnut

Which type of wood am I?

the wood of any of these plants

hardwood hemlock sumach

Which type of wood am I?

the wood of this tree, used for furniture, floors, etc