orange

Pluraloranges

Formsoranges, oranging, oranged

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   reddish-yellowadjective

   Being the color between red and yellow, like a ripe orange.

   Like the color of a carrot or a pumpkin.

   He wore an orange jacket so cars could see him.

   The leaves turn orange in the fall.

   UsageSay more orange or oranger.

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   citrus fruitnouncountable

   A round, sweet, juicy fruit with a thick orange skin.

   He sliced a sweet orange and ate it after lunch.

   These oranges are sweet enough to eat straight from the tree.

   UsageSay an orange (not incorrect: a orange).

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   A color between red and yellow, like the skin of an orange.

   Like the color you get when you mix red and yellow paint.

   Her favorite color is orange.

   He mixed red and yellow paint to make orange.

   UsageSay a bright orange or shades of orange.

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   glass of juicenouncolloquialcountable or uncountable

   A drink made from oranges or tasting of oranges.

   I drink a glass of orange every morning.

   She poured some orange and made toast.

   UsageAsk for a glass of orange.

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   treenouncountable

   An evergreen tree that produces oranges as its fruit.

   The orange in our neighbor's yard is covered in white flowers every spring.

   The orange needs several years after planting before it bears its first fruit.

   UsagePeople usually say orange tree.

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