often attributive
1
: the fleshy, usually rounded red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a usually cultivated tree (genus Malus) of the rose family
also
: an apple tree compare crab apple
2
: a fruit (such as a star apple) or other vegetative growth (such as an oak apple) suggestive of an apple
Examples of apple in a Sentence
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Though apples sometimes fall quite far from the tree, that 19-year-old Smith would develop a penchant for fashion was perhaps inevitable.
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Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 23 Apr. 2024
Fresh fruits such as lemons, limes, strawberries, or apples can also improve the taste of your tea.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2024
At eighteen months, some prune pulp or baked apple could be allowed, along with stale bread; at two years, baked potato.
—Olaf Blecker, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
Other locations thriving with morels may be found at the edges of woodlands, around dead or dying trees, in old apple orchards, and at sites where the soil has been disturbed.
—Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2024
Advertisement Volcan Mountain and Julian This route will take you to Julian, a mountain town famous for its apple orchards and delicious pies.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Instead, it’s geared for farms that grow fruits and vegetables, like the apple orchards in Washington, the orange groves in Florida and the peach trees in Georgia.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
Others see Maye’s landing spot scattered throughout the top of the first round — from dipping outside of the top five picks to being the apple of the eye of a team trading up into that same range.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
Thin marble-size fruits on mature stone fruit, apple and pear trees.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 23 Apr. 2024
Fresh fruits such as lemons, limes, strawberries, or apples can also improve the taste of your tea.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2024
At eighteen months, some prune pulp or baked apple could be allowed, along with stale bread; at two years, baked potato.
—Olaf Blecker, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
Other locations thriving with morels may be found at the edges of woodlands, around dead or dying trees, in old apple orchards, and at sites where the soil has been disturbed.
—Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2024
Advertisement Volcan Mountain and Julian This route will take you to Julian, a mountain town famous for its apple orchards and delicious pies.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Instead, it’s geared for farms that grow fruits and vegetables, like the apple orchards in Washington, the orange groves in Florida and the peach trees in Georgia.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
Others see Maye’s landing spot scattered throughout the top of the first round — from dipping outside of the top five picks to being the apple of the eye of a team trading up into that same range.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
Thin marble-size fruits on mature stone fruit, apple and pear trees.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
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apple
noun
ap·ple
ˈap-əl 
: a rounded fruit with a red, yellow, or green skin, firm white flesh and a seedy core
also
: the tree of the rose family that bears this fruit
Medical Definition
apple
noun
ap·ple
ˈap-əl
: the fleshy usually rounded and red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a tree (genus Malus) of the rose family
also
: an apple tree
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