An apple is a round fruit with smooth green, yellow, or red skin and firm white flesh.
I want an apple.
...2kg cooking apples.
...his ongoing search for the finest varieties of apple.
...a large garden with apple trees in it.
2. See also Adam's apple, Big Apple, crab apple
3.
See the apple of your eye
apple in British English
(ˈæpəl)
noun
1.
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
See also crab apple
2.
the fruit of this tree, having red, yellow, or green skin and crisp whitish flesh
3.
the wood of this tree
4.
any of several unrelated trees that have fruits similar to the apple, such as the custard apple, sugar apple, and May apple
See also love apple, oak apple, thorn apple
5. apple of one's eye
6. bad apple
Word origin
Old English æppel; related to Old Saxon appel, Old Norse apall, Old High German apful
apple in American English
(ˈæpəl)
noun
1.
a round, firm, fleshy, edible fruit with a green, yellow, or red skin and small seeds
2.
any of the trees (genus Malus) of the rose family bearing this fruit, widely distributed in temperate regions
3.
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
Pretty double doors open onto a garden with an apple tree.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The favourite dish with all ages was apple pie.
The Sun (2016)
These bad apples can thrive in a bad barrel.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Light and fresh with hints of moreish green apple and pale peppers.
The Sun (2016)
He has been offering his MPs signed apples from his garden instead.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The twists The apple pie is a superb vehicle for other seasonal ingredients.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The central question is, bad apples or bad barrels?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Think green apples and elderflower.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
An apple tree, in London.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
To finish use a natural pink on the apple of the cheeks to soften the look.
The Sun (2014)
There was a large fenced garden filled with apple trees.
The Sun (2013)
You could also try an apple tree.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This comedy with its now infamous apple pie scene has spawned a number of sequels.
The Sun (2013)
Some bankers are sceptical that a disciplinary body could successfully weed out bad apples.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Blossom wilt is caused by the same fungus that causes brown rot on apple fruits.
The Sun (2012)
This bright white boasts green apple and crisp pear.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The garden contains an apple orchard and wildflower meadow.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Why are the leaves on my apple tree curling and twisting?
The Sun (2016)
Pudding would be apple pie and ice cream.
The Sun (2008)
But a few bad apples fail to spoil a lively and diverse barrel.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Save ½ egg white for the apple pie recipe.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Nor were his apples as shiny red as those in the illustrations.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Pour the custard over the apples.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Baked apple with custard for pudding.
The Sun (2012)
With each example, take a bite out of the yellow apple.
Christianity Today (2000)
This cute bird feeder in the form of a green apple is available in store at B&Q.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Or people munching apples, rustling crisps or having unbearably boring conversations.
The Sun (2007)
White flowers followed by spectacular show of rounded, bright yellow crab apples well into winter.
Bloom, Adrian Winter Garden Glory (1993)
Wild salmon with sea vegetables and pink fir apples was OK but dull.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In short, green apples good, red apples bad.
The Sun (2015)
Word lists with
apple
sauce, tree, wood
In other languages
apple
British English: apple /ˈæpl/ NOUN
An apple is a round fruit with a smooth skin and firm white flesh.
I want an apple.
American English: apple
Arabic: تَفَّاحَة
Brazilian Portuguese: maçã
Chinese: 苹果
Croatian: jabuka
Czech: jablko
Danish: æble
Dutch: appel vrucht
European Spanish: manzana
Finnish: omena
French: pomme
German: Apfel
Greek: μήλο
Italian: mela
Japanese: リンゴ
Korean: 사과
Norwegian: eple
Polish: jabłko
European Portuguese: maçã
Romanian: măr
Russian: яблоко
Latin American Spanish: manzana fruta
Swedish: äpple
Thai: แอปเปิ้ล
Turkish: elma
Ukrainian: яблуко
Vietnamese: quả táo
All related terms of 'apple'
apple box
an ornamental Australian tree, Eucalyptus bridgesiana, having heart-shaped juvenile leaves, large lanceolate adult leaves, and conical fruits
apple gum
an ornamental Australian tree, Eucalyptus bridgesiana, having heart-shaped juvenile leaves, large lanceolate adult leaves, and conical fruits
apple pie
An apple pie is a kind of pie made with apples.
bad apple
a person with a corrupting influence
Big Apple
People sometimes refer to the city of New York as the Big Apple .
May apple
an American berberidaceous plant, Podophyllum peltatum, with edible yellowish egg-shaped fruit
oak apple
any of various brownish round galls on oak trees, containing the larva of certain wasps
the Apple
→ Big Apple
apple cart
a huckster's handcart for selling apples in the street , etc.
apple core
the inedible part of an apple which contains the pips
apple green
a bright light green or moderate yellowish-green
Apple Isle
→ the Apple Isle
apple sauce
Apple sauce is a type of sauce made from puréed cooked apples.
apple tart
a pastry case filled with apples , with or without pastry on top
candy apple
an apple with a candy coating esp. of taffy and often on a stick inserted in the center
cider-apple
a variety of apple suitable for use in cider-making
crab apple
A crab apple is a tree like an apple tree that produces small sour fruit.
love apple
the tomato
rose apple
an ornamental myrtaceous tree, Syzygium jambos , of the East Indies , cultivated in the tropics for its edible fruit
snow apple
a Canadian variety of eating apple
sorb apple
any of various related trees, esp the mountain ash
star-apple
a West Indian sapotaceous tree, Chrysophyllum cainito , with smooth-skinned edible greenish-purple fruit
sugar apple
→ sweetsop
thorn apple
a poisonous solanaceous plant, Datura stramonium , of the N hemisphere , having white funnel-shaped flowers and spiny capsule fruits
Adam's apple
Your Adam's apple is the lump that sticks out of the front of your neck below your throat .
apple blight
an aphid , Eriosoma lanigera, that is covered with a powdery waxy secretion and infests apple trees
apple blossom
the blossom of an apple tree
apple brandy
an alcoholic liquor made with apples
apple butter
a jam made from stewed spiced apples
apple-cheeked
having rosy cheeks ; ruddy
apple fritter
a piece of apple covered in batter and deep fried
apple maggot
a fruit fly , Rhagoletis pomonella, the larvae of which bore into and feed on the fruit of apple trees : family Trypetidae
apple orchard
an orchard planted with apple trees
apple-polish
to curry favor with someone, esp. in an obsequious or flattering manner
balsam apple
an ornamental cucurbitaceous vine , Momordica balsamina , of the Old World tropics , with yellow flowers and orange egg-shaped fruits
bitter apple
→ colocynth
custard apple
a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
dessert apple
an eating apple ; an apple that can be eaten raw
eating apple
An eating apple is an ordinary apple that is usually eaten raw .
rotten apple
You can use rotten apple to talk about a person who is dishonest and therefore causes a lot of problems for the group or organization they belong to.
toffee-apple
an apple fixed on a stick and coated with a thin layer of toffee
a bad apple
a dishonest , immoral , or unpleasant person who has a bad influence on those around them
Apple Islander
a native or inhabitant of Tasmania
apple polisher
a sycophant ; toady
apple turnover
a pastry containing apple
apple-pie bed
a way of making a bed so as to prevent the person from entering it
Oak-apple Day
(in Britain) May 29, the anniversary of the Restoration (1660), formerly commemorated by the wearing of oak apples or oak leaves, recalling the Boscobel oak in which Charles II hid after the battle of Worcester
the Apple Isle
Tasmania
the Big Apple
New York City
apple of discord
a golden apple inscribed "For the fairest ". It was claimed by Hera , Athena , and Aphrodite , to whom Paris awarded it, thus beginning a chain of events that led to the Trojan War
Chinese translation of 'apple'
apple
(ˈæpl)
n(c)
苹(蘋)果 (píngguǒ) (个(個), gè)
she is the apple of her father's eye她是父亲(親)的掌上明珠 (tā shì fùqīn de zhǎng shàng míngzhū)