apples

noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Plural of apple; round fruits with red, green, or yellow skin.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    apples and oranges — things that cannot be fairly compared
  • •
    apples to apples — a fair, like-for-like comparison

Related words

See also: apple

Etymology

From apple + -s. Apple comes from Old English aeppel, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz.