Dictionary
apple
Meaning
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- A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
- Any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing produced by a plant such as a gall or cone, especially if produced by a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc.
- (obsolete,slang) Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.
- (informal) Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.
- Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.
- Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.
- The fruit of the tree of knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to modern Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.
- A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.
- The wood of the apple tree.
- (slang) Short for apples and pears (“stairs”).
- A Native American or redskinned person who acts or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.
- (slang) An assist.
- (slang) A CB radio enthusiast.
- The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle greater than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.
Hyphenated as
ap‧ple
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæpəl/
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