CRAB APPLE

Meaning of CRAB APPLE in English

ˈcrab ˌapple BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Perhaps from ⇨ ↑ crab ]

a small sour apple, or the tree it grows on

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

CRAB-APPLE — pomastre
English interlingue dictionary
CRAB APPLE — noun Etymology: 3crab Date: 1680 any of various wild or cultivated trees (genus Malus ) that are cultivars or relatives …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CRAB APPLE — noun Etymology: crab (IV) 1. a. : a wild apple typically with small sour fruits: as (1) : a rather …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRAB APPLE — 1. a small, sour, wild apple. 2. any of various small, tart, cultivated varieties of apple, used for making jelly …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRAB APPLE — small wild apple with a tart flavor; type of cultivated small sour apple used in jellies and jams; species of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CRAB APPLE — Etymology: crab (III) Date: 1680 : any of various wild or cultivated trees (genus Malus ) that are cultivars or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRAB APPLE — Function: noun Etymology: 3 crab Date: 1680 : any of various wild or cultivated trees (genus Malus ) that are …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CRAB APPLE — ■ noun 1》 a small, sour kind of apple. 2》 (also crab tree ) a small tree bearing ~s. [ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CRAB APPLE — [crab apple] n [[3]crab] (1712): any of various wild or cultivated trees (genus Malus) that are cultivars or relatives of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRAB APPLE — also called Crab, any of several small trees of the genus Malus, in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to North …
Britannica English vocabulary
CRAB APPLE — noun a tree that produces fruit like small hard sour apples, also called crab apples •• WORD ORIGIN late Middle …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRAB APPLE — ( crab apples) A crab apple is a tree like an apple tree that produces small sour fruit. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRAB APPLE — (~s) A ~ is a tree like an apple tree that produces small sour fruit. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CRAB APPLE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And then a crab apple flew in and bounced a few feet from Pinky. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRAB APPLE — дикий яблоко
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRAB-APPLE — (ботаника) яблоня дикая, сибирский краб (Malus sylvestris); (любая) дикая яблоня яблоко-кислица
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRAB-APPLE — Яблоко-кислица
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CRAB-APPLE — = crab 2
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRAB APPLE — (n) дикая яблоня; сибирский краб; яблоко-кислица; яблоня дикая
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CRAB-APPLE — = crab 2
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CRAB-APPLE — = crab 2
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CRAB APPLE — яблоня лесная, яблоня дикая (Malus silvestris)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CRAB APPLE — яблоня лесная, яблоня дикая ( Malus silvestris )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CRAB-APPLE — (ботаника) яблоня дикая, сибирский краб (Malus sylvestris); (любая) дикая яблоня яблоко-кислица
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRAB APPLE — дикий яблоко
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRAB — I Any of 4,500 species of short-tailed decapod , found in all oceans, in freshwater, and on land. Its carapace …
Английский словарь Британика
APPLE — I Fruit of the genus Malus , in the rose family, the most widely cultivated tree fruit. Malus species are …
Английский словарь Британика
CRAB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APPLE — ˈapəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APPLE — (n.) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love …
Английский словарь Webster
APPLE — ( n. ) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CRAB — crab 1 — crablike , adj. /krab/ , n. , v. , crabbed, crabbing . n. 1. any decapod crustacean …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APPLE — /ap"euhl/ , n. 1. the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRAB — I. ˈkrab noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba; akin to Old High German krebiz …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APPLE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High German apful apple, Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRAB — adj sour; rough; austere. 2. crab ·vt to beat with a crabstick. 3. crab ·noun the zodiacal constellation cancer. 4. …
Webster English vocab
APPLE — vi to grow like an apple; to bear apples. 2. apple ·noun anything round like an apple; as, an apple …
Webster English vocab
CRAB — [crab] n, often attrib [ME crabbe, fr. OE crabba; akin to OHG krebiz crab, OE ceorfan to carve--more at carve] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APPLE — [ap.ple] n, often attrib [ME appel, fr. OE aeppel; akin to OHG apful apple, OIr ubull, OCS abluko] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APPLE — fruit of the genus Malus (about 25 species) belonging to the family Rosaceae, the most widely cultivated tree fruit. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
CRAB — crab, Crab BrE AmE kræb ▷ crabbing ˈkræb ɪŋ ▷ crabs kræbz ▶ ˈ crab ˌ apple BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
APPLE — apple BrE AmE ˈæp ə l ▷ apple|s z ▶ ˈ apple ˌ blossom BrE AmE ▶ ˌ apple ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CRAB — / kræb; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a sea creature with a hard shell, eight legs and two …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APPLE — / ˈæpl; NAmE / noun a round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh : an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRAB — crab /kræb/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-3: Language: Old English ; Origin: crabba ] [ Sense 4: Date: 1800-1900 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
APPLE — ap ‧ ple S2 W3 /ˈæp ə l/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æppel ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRAB — n. 1 (in full crab-apple) a small sour apple-like fruit. 2 (in full crab tree or crab-apple tree) any of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAB — n. 1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
APPLE — n. 1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAB — n. 1 (in full crab-apple) a small sour apple-like fruit. 2 (in full crab tree or crab-apple tree) any of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAB — n. 1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
APPLE — n. 1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAB — 1. n.1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Oxford English vocab
APPLE — n.1 the fruit of a tree of the genus Malus, rounded in form and with a crisp flesh. 2 the …
Oxford English vocab
APPLE — ( apples) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An apple is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRAB — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES crab apple hermit crab COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE blue ▪ The body meat of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APPLE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cherry/peach/apple etc tree ▪ We planted a peach tree in the backyard. ▪ the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APPLE — [noun] - a round fruit with a firm white inside and a green, red or yellow skin, or the tree …
Cambridge English vocab
CRAB — n. blue crab Crab Nebula Dungeness crab fiddler crab hermit crab horseshoe crab king crab Japanese crab Alaskan king crab …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CRAB — n. Any of 4,500 species of short-tailed decapod , found in all oceans, in freshwater, and on land. Its carapace …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
APPLE — n. Apple Computer Inc. apple scab custard apple
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
APPLE — n. apple knocker apple polish apple polisher
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
APPLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sweet ▪ sharp , sour , tart ▪ Add some sugar to the stewed apple—it's still a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
APPLE — ( BrE Apple Mac , Mac ) the popular name for the Macintosh computer produced by the US company Apple …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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