APPLE


Meaning of APPLE in English

[noun] - a round fruit with a firm white inside and a green, red or yellow skin, or the tree on which it growsI think I'll peel this apple - the skin is a bit tough. [C]apple pieapple saucean apple treeHas the fruit salad got any apple in it? [U]See picture: Fruit(dated) Their house is always in apple pie order (= perfectly arranged and tidy).(dated) If someone refers to a person as the apple of their eye it means that they like or love them and are proud of them. His daughter was the apple of his eye.(saying) 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away' means that eating an apple each day will keep you healthy.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.