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pome en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpəʊm/

Etymology

From Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), from Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pōmum. For the verb, compare French pommer. Doublet of pomme.

Meanings

1. A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
   • The best-known example of a pome is the apple.
2. A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.
3. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of pomme (“green roundel in heraldry”).
   alt of pomme

Forms

Coordinates

hesperidium · berry · drupe

Deriveds

pomelike · pome-citron · pomiferous · pomaceous

Hypernyms

fruit

Hyponyms

pear · quince · apple

Relateds

pomegranate

Synonyms

apple · pipfruit

Translations (19)

br pomenn (type of fruit) · es pomo (type of fruit) · cmn 梨果 (type of fruit) · nl pitvrucht (type of fruit) · fr péridion (type of fruit) · pt pomo (type of fruit) · hu almatermés (type of fruit) · gl pomo (type of fruit) · fr piridion (type of fruit) · eo pomofrukto (type of fruit) · cs malvice (type of fruit) · de Kernobst (type of fruit) · pl owoc jabłkowy (type of fruit) · cy afal (type of fruit) · de Apfelfrucht (type of fruit) · ja 梨果 (type of fruit) · cy ffrwyth afaleuog (type of fruit) · fr péridium (type of fruit) · tl takadtasbunga (type of fruit)

pome en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpəʊm/

Etymology

From Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), from Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pōmum. For the verb, compare French pommer. Doublet of pomme.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Forms