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/ˈæp.əl/noun
Early ChildhoodNot in standard dictionaries
1

The fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating.

2

Often with a qualifying word: any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing (such as a cone or gall) produced by a plant, especially if from a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1).

3

Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour.

4

Ellipsis of Adam's apple (“the lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence”).

5

Ellipsis of apple-green (“a bright green colour with a light tint of yellow, like that of a Granny Smith apple”).

6

Ellipsis of apple of the eye (“the pupil, or pupil and iris, of the eye, originally believed to be spherical; also, the eyeball”).

7

The round, fleshy part of a cheek between the eye and the corner of the mouth when a person is smiling.

8

The surface of revolution of a circular arc of an angle greater than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc's two endpoints.

9

In full apple bowl: a round bowl of a tobacco pipe; also, a tobacco pipe with such a bowl.

10

In full old apple: a baseball.

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