Phrase Hound found 116 phrases and 22 compound words that contain apples. The most common are listed below. Open apples in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 116
- apples and orangesA comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible analogy, or the items so compared; a disanalogy.
- apples to orangesAlternative form of apples and oranges: A comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible analogy, or the items so compared; a disanalogy.
- apples and pearsstairs
- bad applesplural of bad apple: A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.
- beach applesplural of beach apple: The poisonous fruit of the manchineel (Hippomane mancinella).
- bitter applesplural of bitter apple: A vine of species Citrullus colocynthis, that bears a hard, bitter fruit.
- candy applesplural of candy apple: An apple with a hard sugar candy coating.
- cooking applesplural of cooking apple: Any apple primarily used for making pies, crumbles or sauces: such a cultivar; an individual apple (instance) of such type.
- ghost applesplural of ghost apple: An apple-shaped ice formation occurring when an apple is coated by freezing rain and then decays and slides out of the icy casing.
- golden applesplural of golden apple: A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
- oak applesplural of oak apple: A spherical type of oak gall, produced by an oak gall wasp (tribe Cynipini).
- red applesplural of red apple: Syzygium ingens, an Australian tree.
- rotten applesplural of rotten apple: A bad person, especially one who has a corrupting influence on others.
- wax applesplural of wax apple: a tropical plant, Syzygium samarangense, bearing an edible fruit
- crab-applesplural of crab-apple: Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).
- emu applesplural of emu apple: The plant Kunzea pomifera.
- thorn applesplural of thorn apple: Any of several species of plants bearing thorns and apple-like fruit:
- caramel applesplural of caramel apple: A dessert or snack made by dipping an apple in liquid heated caramel and often sprinkling with nuts etc., then allowing the caramel to cool and harden.
- apples to applesA comparison of items that are similar.
- custard applesplural of custard apple: Any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona:
- toffee applesplural of toffee apple: A candy apple.
- Sodom applesplural of Sodom apple: A gigantic tree supposed to have grown on the site of the destroyed cities Sodom and Gomorrah (see Genesis 18–19 in the Bible), the apples of which would turn to ash and smoke once picked.
- horse applesplural of horse apple: The large, wrinkled, inedible fruit of the American tree Maclura pomifera.
- apples of Sodomplural of apple of Sodom: A gigantic tree supposed to have grown on the site of the destroyed cities Sodom and Gomorrah (see Genesis 18–19 in the Bible), the apples of which would turn to ash and smoke once picked.
- Adam's applesplural of Adam's apple: The lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence.
Compound words 22
- appleseedAlternative form of apple seed: The seed of the fruit of the Malus domestica (apple) tree or other tree of the genus Malus.
- pineapplesplural of pineapple: A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
- crabapplesplural of crabapple: Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).
- antiapplesplural of antiapple: A hypothetical apple made of antimatter.
- bakeapplesplural of bakeapple: The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
- earthapplesplural of earthapple: A Jerusalem artichoke (the tuber of Helianthus tuberosus); the plant that produces it.
- groundapplesplural of groundapple: An apple that has fallen to the ground.
- hedgeapplesplural of hedgeapple: The fruit of the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera), also known as the hedge tree.
- hogapplesplural of hogapple: The noni, fruit of the Morinda citrifolia tree.
- Holsapplesplural of Holsapple: A surname from German.