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W3S2 [ˈæpəl] n

[: Old English; Origin: Appel]

1.) [U and C]

a hard round fruit that has red, light green, or yellow skin and is white inside

▪ apple pie

▪ an apple tree

▪ roast pork and apple sauce (=a thick sauce made from cooked apples)

2.) be the apple of sb's eye

to be loved very much by someone

▪ Ben was always the apple of his father's eye.

3.) bob/dunk/dip for apples

to play a game in which you must use your teeth to pick up apples floating in water

4.) be as American as apple pie

used to describe something that is typically American

5.) the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

AmE used to say that children are usually similar to their parents, especially in a bad way

→upset the apple cart at ↑upset¹ (4), a rotten apple at ↑rotten¹ (7), ↑Adam's apple, ↑Big Apple