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Examples of apple in a Sentence
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Word History
Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High German apful apple, Old Irish ubull, Old Church Slavic ablŭko
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing apple
- Adam's apple
- apple butter
- apple-cheeked
- apple-knocker
- apple maggot
- apple-pie
- apple-polish
- apple scab
- (as) American as apple pie
- bad apple
- candy apple
- cedar-apple rust
- crab apple
- custard apple
- in apple-pie order
- lady apple
- love apple
- oak apple
- star apple
- sugar apple
- the apple of someone's eye
- thorn apple
- upset the apple cart
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“Apple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple. Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.
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