apple
A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
Noun 4 meanings
A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
A tree of the genus Malus; especially Malus domestica which is cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.
Synonym of applewood (“the wood of the apple tree”).
A fruit of any kind.
Verb 2 meanings
To make (something) appear like an apple (noun sense 1.1).
To become like an apple.
Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English appel (“Malus domestica fruit or tree, apple; any type of fruit, nut, or tuber; tree bearing fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; (Christianity) forbidden fruit in Eden”), from Old English æppel (“apple; any type of fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; eyeball”), from Proto-West Germanic *applu (“apple; any type of fruit”), from Proto-Germanic *aplaz (“apple; any type of fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl, *h₂ébl̥ (“apple”).
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APPLE at a glance
APPLE has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (A 1 + P 3 + P 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,735 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with apple
All rhymes- PEOPLE10
- EXAMPLE18
- COUPLE10
- SIMPLE10
- MULTIPLE12
- SAMPLE10
- TEMPLE10
- PRINCIPLE15
- PURPLE10
- TRIPLE8
- MAPLE9
- AMPLE9
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- APPLY12
- AMPLE9
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