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orange
noun
a
round
citrus
fruit
with
a
thick
orange-colored
rind
and
sweet
,
juicy
flesh
•
She
peeled
an
orange
and
shared
the
slices
with
her
classmates
.
She
peeled
an
orange
and
shared
the
slices
with
her
classmates
.
•
A
young
boy
balanced
an
orange
on
his
head
while
making
his
friends
laugh
at
the
picnic
.
A
young
boy
balanced
an
orange
on
his
head
while
making
his
friends
laugh
at
the
picnic
.
Middle
English
,
from
Old
French
‘
pomme
d
’
orange
’,
from
Arabic
‘
nāranj
’,
from
Persian
‘
nārang
’,
ultimately
from
Sanskrit
‘
nāraṅga
’
meaning
‘
orange
tree
’.
noun
-
orange
the
bright
colour
that
is
between
red
and
yellow
in
the
rainbow
•
The
sunset
filled
the
sky
with
deep
orange
.
The
sunset
filled
the
sky
with
deep
orange
.
•
She
knitted
a
scarf
in
bright
orange
to
match
the
autumn
leaves
.
She
knitted
a
scarf
in
bright
orange
to
match
the
autumn
leaves
.
Named
after
the
fruit
;
the
colour
term
was
first
recorded
in
English
in
the
16th
century
,
replacing
earlier
‘
geoluhread
’ (
yellow-red
).
adjective
having
the
colour
orange
•
He
rode
an
orange
bicycle
that
stood
out
on
the
grey
street
.
He
rode
an
orange
bicycle
that
stood
out
on
the
grey
street
.
•
The
kitchen
walls
were
painted
orange
to
create
a
warm
feeling
.
The
kitchen
walls
were
painted
orange
to
create
a
warm
feeling
.
Derived
from
the
noun
‘
orange
’ (
the
colour
),
first
used
attributively
to
describe
objects
bearing
that
hue
.
