| Adam's apple |
the projection at the front of the human throat formed by the largest cartilage of the larynx, visible esp. in men. |
| apple butter |
a thick, sweet spread made from apples stewed in spices. |
| apple cart |
a handcart used by street vendors to sell apples. |
| apple of discord |
in Greek mythology, a golden apple that caused jealous discord among three goddesses and indirectly led to the Trojan War. [2 definitions] |
| apple of one's eye |
a person or thing that one holds dear or cherishes. |
| apple pie |
a pastry dish made with sliced apples and flavored with sugar, cinnamon, and sometimes other spices, often considered typically American or even symbolic of American culture and values. |
| apple-pie |
perfectly correct; excellent. [2 definitions] |
| apple-pie order |
(informal) an impeccably neat and orderly arrangement or state. |
| apple-polish |
to try to gain favor with someone by means of flattery. |
| bad apple |
one exceptional member of a group who behaves badly and causes trouble for all the other members of the group or makes the others look bad. |
| crab apple |
a small, hard, sour apple used for making jelly. [2 definitions] |
| custard apple |
a round fruit with a soft, custardlike pulp that grows on various tropical American shrubs and trees; papaw. [2 definitions] |
| May apple |
a perennial woodland plant of eastern North America producing a single white flower, a roundish edible fruit, and roots, leaves, and seeds that are poisonous. [2 definitions] |
| oak apple |
a harmless, applelike gall produced on oak trees by the larvae of a type of wasp. |
| thorn apple |
any of various related plants, such as the jimson weed, that bear poisonous fruit covered with thorns. [2 definitions] |
| upset the apple cart |
to spoil a plan or procedure; ruin something. |