apple
/ˈæpəl/
noun
- A round fruit with red, green, or yellow skin and white flesh, commonly eaten raw or used in cooking.
- She bit into a crisp red apple for a snack.
- I like to bake an apple pie for dessert.
- The farmer picked a basket of green apples from the tree.
- The tree that produces this fruit.
- The apple in the backyard is full of blossoms in spring.
- They planted a new apple in the orchard last year.
- The old apple still bears fruit every autumn.
- A term used in the name of other fruits or plants that resemble the apple in some way, such as the crab apple or pineapple.
- Pineapple is not actually an apple, but it is called one.
- The custard apple has a sweet, creamy texture.
- The crab apple tree has small, tart fruits.