noun
an apple used primarily in cooking for pies and applesauce etc
• Ant: ↑eating apple
• Hypernyms: ↑apple
• Hyponyms: ↑Bramley's Seedling, ↑Lane's Prince Albert, ↑Newtown Wonder, ↑Rome Beauty
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cooking apple noun
An apple specially suitable for cooking
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Main Entry: ↑cook
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a type of large green apple that tastes very sour and is used in cooking
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any type of apple that is suitable for cooking, rather than eating raw
Useful english dictionary. 2012.