Collocations for "apple"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "apple" in context.
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apple
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [crisp, sweet, juicy, cooking, eating] apple
- [oak, custard, crab, green, red] apples
- his Adam's apple
- [peel, core, cut, slice] the apples
- [cook, stew, microwave, roast] apples
- bruised the apple
- [eat, bite into, crunch, munch on] an apple
- am [having, eating] an apple for [lunch, a snack]
- [have, brought] an apple for [lunch]
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away
- the apples have fallen [from the tree, to the ground]
- the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
- is like comparing apples and oranges
- a comparison of apples to [oranges, apples]
- a comparison of apples and [oranges]
- [travel to, live in] the Big Apple
- one [rotten, bad] apple spoiled the [bunch, party, occasion]
- she's the apple of her [father's] [eye, eyes]
- apple [tree, orchard, blossom, core, pips]
- apple [pie, tart, cider, juice, -flavored]
- apple cider (vinegar)
- apple-flavored [candy, beverage]
- [painted, in, were] apple [green, red]
- apple-green [walls, paint]
- apple [corer, pickers]
- an apples-to-apples comparison
- an apples-to-oranges comparison
'apple' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
CEO
- bite
- blossom
- butter
- candy
- cinnamon
- concentrate
- core
- crisp
- crumble
- crunch
- dough
- dumpling
- eye
- highlight
- ice cream
- instead
- juice
- orchard
- overhead
- pare
- partial
- peel
- peg
- pie
- pure
- quarter
- raspberry
- real
- rot
- rotten
- score
- seed
- serving
- smack
- spear
- turnover
- upset
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