applenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈæp.əl/us/ˈæp.əl/A1 a round fruit with firm, white flesh and a green, red, or yellow skin:
to peel an apple
apple pie/sauce
an apple tree
More examples
- He was munching on an apple.
- He took a bite out of the apple.
- The apple tree at the bottom of the garden is beginning to blossom.
- Newton reasoned that there must be a force such as gravity, when an apple fell on his head.
- Do you have any cooking apples?
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Types of fruit
- angelica
- avocado
- açaí
- banana
- beef tomato
- currant
- damson
- dried fruit
- durian
- eating apple
- maraschino cherry
- melon
- mulberry
- navel orange
- nectarine
- satsuma plum
- sloe
- soft fruit
- starfruit
- strawberry
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Idiom(s)
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
the apple of sb's eye
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree