Apple Definition

ăpəl
apples
noun
apples
A cultivated deciduous tree ( Malus domestica or M. pumila ) in the rose family, native to Eurasia and having alternate simple leaves and white or pink flowers.
American Heritage
A round, firm, fleshy, edible fruit with a green, yellow, or red skin and small seeds.
Webster's New World
The firm, edible, usually rounded fruit of this tree.
American Heritage
Any of the trees (genus Malus) of the rose family bearing this fruit, widely distributed in temperate regions.
Webster's New World
Any of several other plants, especially those with fruits suggestive of the apple, such as the crabapple or custard apple.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun

(with the) A nickname for New York City, usually “the Big Apple”.

Wiktionary

(trademark) A multimedia corporation (Apple Corps) and record company (Apple Records) founded by the Beatles.

Wiktionary

(trademark) Name of the company Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, that produces computers and other digital devices.

Wiktionary

(trademark) A computer produced by the company Apple Inc.

Wiktionary
(rare) A female given name.
Wiktionary
idiom
apple of (one's) eye
  • One that is treasured:

    Her grandson is the apple of her eye.

American Heritage
compare apples and oranges
  • (to attempt to draw an analogy between) things regarded as not legitimately comparable
Webster's New World
the Apple
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Apple

Noun

Singular:
apple
Plural:
apples

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Apple

  • apple of (one's) eye
  • compare apples and oranges
  • the Apple

Origin of Apple

  • From Middle English appel, from Old English æppel (“apple, any kind of fruit, fruit in general, apple of the eye, ball, anything round, bolus, pill”), from Proto-Germanic *aplaz (“apple”) (compare Scots aipple, West Frisian apel, Dutch appel, German Apfel, Swedish äpple), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébl̥, *h₂ebōl (compare Irish úll, Lithuanian óbuolỹs, Russian яблоко (jábloko), possibly Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (ampelos, “vine”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English appel from Old English æppel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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