- a round citrus fruit with thick skin of a colour between red and yellow and a lot of sweet juice
- orange peel/zest/rind
- an orange tree
- freshly squeezed orange juice
- orange groves (= groups of orange trees)
- orange blossom
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- juicy
- sour
- sweet
- …
- segment
- eat
- have
- squeeze
- …
- segment
- slice
- wedge
- …
- (British English) orange juice, or a drink made from or tasting of oranges
- Would you like some orange?
- A vodka and orange, please.
- a bright colour between red and yellow
- I like bright colours—orange and yellow are my favourites.
- purples and reds and deep shining oranges
- To my left stood a young girl dressed in bright orange.
see also Agent Orange
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French orenge (in the phrase pomme d'orenge), based on Arabic nāranj, from Persian nārang.
Idioms
See orange in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryapples and oranges
- (especially North American English) used to describe a situation in which two people or things are completely different from each other
- They really are apples and oranges.
- They are both great but you can't compare apples and oranges.
- It’s a totally different situation, it’s apples and oranges.
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