Meaning & use
apples
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“apples” is a form of “apple”. See that entry for the full set of meanings.
Meanings
nouncountable
Round fruit with red, green, or yellow skin and crisp white flesh, often eaten raw or used in cooking.
Grammar: Countable; plural form is apples. Use 'an apple' for one, 'apples' for more than one.
Patterns
- eat an apple
- apple tree
- apple pie
She packed two apples in her lunch bag.
These apples are sweet and juicy.
He picked apples from the tree in his garden.
nouncountable
The tree that bears this fruit, or its wood.
Grammar: Countable; often used in the phrase 'apple tree' or 'apple wood'.
Patterns
- apple tree
- apple orchard
The apple in our backyard gives shade in summer.
They planted apple trees along the fence.
Word forms
| singular | apple |
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Common combinations
- a bad apple
- He's a bad apple who spoils the group.
- the apple of someone's eye
- She is the apple of her father's eye.
- apple of discord
- The issue became an apple of discord between them.
- as American as apple pie
- Baseball is as American as apple pie.
- apple cider
- We drank hot apple cider in the winter.
Word family
- apple noun
- The singular form of the fruit.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence:
Choose one answer.
The plural of 'apple' is 'apples' (just add -s). 'Apple' is singular, 'appleses' is not a word, and 'apple's' is possessive, not plural.
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