{
    "term": "apple",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/fr/fruit_misc.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a round fruit with shiny red or green skin that is fairly hard and white inside",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Peel and core the apples."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **apple pie**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "apple sauce/juice"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a garden with three **apple trees**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I took a bite of the apple."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Add some sugar to the stewed apple—it's still a little tart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He just sat there munching on an apple."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The apples were all bruised after being dropped on the floor."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["sweet", "sharp", "sour"],
                "verb + apple": ["bite into", "eat", "munch"],
                "apple + noun": ["crisp", "crumble", "pie"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s)",
            "labels": "(saying, especially North American English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person or thing that is loved more than any other",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She is the apple of her father's eye."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to describe a situation in which two people or things are completely different from each other",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They really are apples and oranges."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are both great but **you can't compare apples and oranges**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It’s a totally different situation, it’s apples and oranges."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that something is typical of America",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "one bad person who has a bad effect on others in a group",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæpl/",
                "audio": "ap/apple/apple__gb_5.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæpl/",
                "audio": "ap/apple/apple__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English æppel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch appel and German Apfel."
}