Apple
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Etymology
Old English æppel ‘fruit, apple’.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈæ.pl̩/
- SAMPA: /"{p@l/
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Noun
apple (plural: apples)
- A tree of the genus Malus; the apple tree.
- A fruit produced by an apple tree.
- The wood of the apple tree.
- (in plural; Cockney rhyming slang) Short for apples and pears (which see).
- (baseball) (slang{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) an 1800s baseball term meaning the ball
Synonyms
- (tree): apple tree
- (Cockney rhyming slang): apples and pears, stairs
Translations
fruit
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tree
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wood
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apples and pears See apples and pears
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- Alabama: takkólchoba (2)
- Galician: maceira f. (1), mazá f. (2)
- Indonesian: apel (2)
- Kannada: Sebu
- Lithuanian: obelis f. (1, 3); obuolys m. (2); obels mediena f. (3)
- Neapolitan: mìlo (1, 2) méla (2)
- Romanian: poamă f. (2)
Derived terms
- apple blight
- apple blossom
- apple borer
- apple brandy
- apple butter
- applecart
- apple-cheeked
- apple cider
- apple core
- apple corer
- apple dumpling
- apple fly
- apple fritter
- Apple Isle
- applejack
- apple juice
- apple midge
- apple of discord
- apple of the eye
- apple of love
- apple of Sodom
- apple orchard
- apple pie
- apple-pie bed
- apple-pie order
- apples and pears
- apple sauce
- apple seed
- apple tart
- apple tree
- apple turnover
- apple wine
- apple worm
- as American as apple pie
- the Big Apple
- crab-apple
- Dead Sea apple
- she'll be apples, she's apples
- upset the applecart
See also
This word is a Wiktionary:Basic English Word List word.
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