peachnoun
uk/piːtʃ/us/piːtʃ/peach noun (FRUIT)
B1 [ C or U ] a round fruit with sweet yellow flesh that has a lot of juice, a slightly furry red and yellow skin, and a large seed in its centre:
Would you like peaches and cream for dessert?
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- the fuzzy skin of a peach
- a succulent peach
- a peach melba
- Would you like peaches and cream for dessert?
- One or two of the peaches had bruises on them.
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Types of fruit
- angelica
- apple
- avocado
- açaí
- banana
- cumquat
- currant
- damson
- dried fruit
- durian
- mango
- maraschino cherry
- melon
- mulberry
- navel orange
- satsuma
- satsuma plum
- sloe
- soft fruit
- starfruit
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peach noun (EXCELLENT)
[ S ] informal someone or something that is excellent or very pleasing:
He's a real peach of a guy.
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People having good qualities
- advertisement
- altruism
- angel
- be the salt of the earth idiom
- brick
- bunch
- dear
- enchant
- enchantress
- gem
- not be as black as you are painted idiom
- paragon
- poppet
- rough diamond
- saint
- salt
- softie
- sweetheart
- sweetie
- treasure
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Good and excellent things
peach noun (COLOUR)
[ U ] a pale colour between pink and orange
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Less common colours
- aquamarine
- azure
- beige
- blood red
- burgundy
- burnish
- cerulean
- chestnut
- chrome yellow
- earth colour
- ginger
- khaki
- magenta
- maroon
- ochre
- raw sienna
- ruddy
- russet
- sage green
- violet
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peachadjective
uk/piːtʃ/us/piːtʃ/having a pale colour between pink and orange
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Less common colours
- aquamarine
- azure
- beige
- blood red
- burgundy
- burnish
- cerulean
- chestnut
- chrome yellow
- earth colour
- ginger
- khaki
- magenta
- maroon
- ochre
- raw sienna
- ruddy
- russet
- sage green
- violet
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