APPLE


Meaning of APPLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ æp(ə)l ]

( apples)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

An apple is a round fruit with smooth green, yellow, or red skin and firm white flesh.

I want an apple.

...his ongoing search for the finest varieties of apple.

...a large garden with apple trees in it.

N-VAR

see also Adam’s apple , Big Apple , crab apple

2.

If you say that someone is the apple of your eye , you mean that they are very important to you and you are extremely fond of them.

Penny’s only son was the apple of her eye.

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