apple

Definitions


[ˈapl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the round fruit of a tree of the rose family, which typically has thin green or red skin and crisp flesh

- the tree bearing apples, with hard pale timber that is used in carpentry and to smoke food


Phrases:
- apples and oranges
- apples and pears
- apples to apples
- she's apples
- the apple never falls far from the tree
- the apple of one's eye
- upset the apple cart

Origin:
Old English æppel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch appel and German Apfel




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