a hard round fruit that is white inside and has a smooth green, yellow, or red skin, which is called peel when it has been removed. The middle part of the apple containing the seeds is called the core. Apples grow on apple trees.
Synonyms and related words
Fruits
ackee
apple
apricot
2
apples and oranges
if two things or people are apples and oranges, they are fundamentally different
It’s apples and oranges, so any comparison will be unfair to one side or the other.
Submitted by: Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 02/07/2017
3
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
eating an apple a day may help to keep everyone healthy
My grandfather always used to recommend that an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Submitted by: Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 12/03/2018
phrases
the apple of someone’s eye
apple
noun countable/uncountable
US /ˈæp(ə)l/
Other entries for this word
apple pienoun
bad applenoun
oak applenoun
candy applenoun
crab applenoun
Adam’s applenoun
cooking applenoun
custard applenoun
eating applenoun
rotten applenoun
toffee applenoun
apple polishernoun
the Big Apple
mom and apple piephrase
as American as apple piephrase
the apple of someone’s eyephrase
bakingapple at eating apple
Word Forms
singular
apple
plural
apples
DEFINITIONS3
1
a hard round fruit that is white inside and has a smooth red, yellow, or green skin, which is called a peel when it has been removed. The middle part of the apple containing the seeds is called the core. Apples grow on apple trees.
Synonyms and related words
Fruits
ackee
apple
apricot
2
apples and oranges
if two things or people are apples and oranges, they are fundamentally different
It’s apples and oranges, so any comparison will be unfair to one side or the other.
Submitted by: Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 02/07/2017
3
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
eating an apple a day may help to keep everyone healthy
My grandfather always used to recommend that an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Submitted by: Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 12/03/2018