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# apricot

noun (an apricot, apricots); adjective (apricot — the colour)

«apricot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An apricot is a small, round, soft fruit with orange-yellow skin and a large stone inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apricot/#m1)
2. Apricot is a pale orange-yellow colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apricot/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it is a fruit for snacks, jam and dried fruit. In art it is a colour name. Phrases: dried apricots, apricot jam, apricot tree.

### Examples

- I had dried apricots in my lunchbox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apricot/#x1)
- Apricot jam is my favourite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apricot/#x2)
- The apricot tree is full of fruit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apricot/#x3)
- She painted her room apricot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apricot/#x4)
- Apricots have a large stone in the middle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apricot/#x5)
- Apricot kernels should not be eaten — they can be poisonous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apricot/#x6)
- Early apples, ladies; early pears and apricots, and all cheap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apricot/#x7)

### Note

Countable for the fruit. Said AY-pri-cot (UK) or AP-ri-cot (US). Safety: the seed (kernel) inside the stone contains a poison.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apricot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apricot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apricot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apricot.html) on Mova free.