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PYN-apl/ˈpaɪnæpl/

A pineapple is a large fruit with a thick brown skin and sweet yellow inside. Countable: a pineapple; pineapple juice is uncountable. An apple is a different fruit — pineapple is not a pine plus an apple. A banana is long and yellow with no spikes.

Meaning

A large fruit with a thick brown skin and sweet yellow inside.

Examples

• “Would you like some pineapple juice?”
• “Cut the pineapple on a board.”
• “This juice is pineapple and orange.”

Good to know

a pineapple; pineapple juice. Contrast: apple (different fruit), banana (long).

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