tangerine
- noun
- B2
- Top 10000
A small round orange fruit with a loose skin that comes off easily and sweet parts inside.
She peeled a tangerine and shared the pieces with her brother.
We bought a bag of tangerines at the market this morning.
Tangerines are sweeter and easier to peel than most oranges.
The children smelled of tangerine peel all through December.
Common collocations: peel a tangerine · a bag of tangerines · tangerine peel · tangerine juice · segments of tangerine
Part of: Fruit, Shops and shopping
Forms
- plural
- tangerines