codling
/ˈkɑdlɪŋ/
noun
- A small, unripe apple, often used for cooking or pickling.
- We used tart codlings instead of regular apples for the cider.
- The farmer sold codlings at the market for people to bake into pies.
- She picked a basket of codlings from the tree to make apple sauce.
- A type of apple with a long, tapering shape, often used for cooking.
- This old recipe calls for codlings, not sweet eating apples.
- He planted a row of codling trees in his orchard for autumn harvest.
- The codling is a popular variety for making baked apples because it holds its shape.
- A young or small codfish.
- The fishermen threw the tiny codlings back into the sea to let them grow.
- He caught a few codlings off the pier and used them as bait.
- A school of codlings swam near the shore, easy prey for larger fish.