apple
Type
Noun
Meaning
A round fruit with red, yellow, or green edible skin and firm, crisp white flesh.
She picked a crisp red apple straight from the orchard tree and took a bite.
The deciduous tree of the rose family that bears apples.
He planted two young apple trees along the southern edge of his garden.
Collocations
- apple pie
- apple cider
- apple tree
- apple orchard
- crisp apple
- green apple
See also compare apples and oranges
Idioms
the apple of someone's eye
a person of whom one is extremely fond and proud
His youngest granddaughter has always been the apple of his eye.
bad apple
a person whose corrupt behavior negatively influences others
One bad apple in the department ruined morale for the entire team.