apple
apple [apple apples] BrE [ˈæpl] NAmE [ˈæpl] noun 
a round fruit with shiny red or green skin and firm white flesh
•an apple pie
•apple sauce
•a garden with three apple trees
see also ↑Adam's apple, ↑Big Apple, ↑cooking apple, ↑crab apple, ↑eating apple, ↑toffee apple
more at as American as apple pie at ↑American adj., a rotten apple at ↑rotten
Idioms: ↑apple doesn't fall falls far from the tree ▪ ↑apple of somebody's eye ▪ ↑apples and oranges
Word Origin:
Old English æppel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch appel and German Apfel.
Example Bank:
•Add some sugar to the stewed apple— it's still a little tart.
•He just sat there munching on an apple.
•The apples were all bruised after being dropped on the floor.
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