apple

A round fruit with red, green, or yellow skin and firm flesh inside.

• I ate an apple.
• These apples taste sweet.
• Would you like some apple juice?

Common phrases: green apple, apple pie, apple juice

New York City, when used in the name Big Apple.

• We visited the Big Apple.
• She moved to the Big Apple last year.
• Have you ever explored the Big Apple?

Similar words: New York City

Common phrases: Big Apple, the Big Apple

A fruit or other plant growth resembling a common round fruit, usually named with another word.

• This custard apple is ripe.
• Oak apples grow around tiny insects on oak trees.
• She picked a rose apple from the tree.

Common phrases: custard apple, rose apple, oak apple, thorn apple

A playful, imaginary measure of height used to describe someone very small.

• He is only three apples tall.
• The tiny hero was barely two apples tall.
• She looked three apples tall beside her brother.

Common phrases: three apples tall, two apples tall