apricot

/ˈæprɪkɑt/
noun
  1. A small, round, soft fruit with a fuzzy orange-yellow skin and a large pit inside.
    • I ate a fresh apricot for breakfast.
    • The market had a basket of ripe apricots.
    • She sliced an apricot and added it to the yogurt.
  2. A pale orange-yellow color like the fruit.
    • He wore an apricot tie with his gray suit.
    • The sunset was a beautiful shade of apricot.
    • She painted her bedroom a soft apricot.
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