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pome

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈpəʊm/
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  • rhymes with -əʊm
  • homophone: poem (some pronunciations)

1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Examples

  • The best-known example of a pome is the apple.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apple

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fruit

Narrower terms: apple, pear, quince

2

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative form of pomme (“green roundel in heraldry”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Synonym of Pomeranian (“a breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Pomeranian

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: false fruit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fruit

Narrower terms: apple, pear, quince

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: pomenn — type of fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 梨果 (líguǒ) — type of fruit
  • Czech: malvice — type of fruit
  • Dutch: pitvrucht — type of fruit
  • Esperanto: pomofrukto — type of fruit
  • French: piridion — type of fruit
  • French: péridium — type of fruit
  • French: péridion — type of fruit
  • Galician: pomo — type of fruit
  • German: Apfelfrucht — type of fruit
  • German: Kernobst — type of fruit
  • Hungarian: almatermés — type of fruit
  • Japanese: 梨果 (rika) — type of fruit
  • Polish: owoc jabłkowy — type of fruit
  • Portuguese: pomo — type of fruit
  • Spanish: pomo — type of fruit
  • Tagalog: takadtasbunga — type of fruit
  • Welsh: afal — type of fruit
  • Welsh: ffrwyth afaleuog — type of fruit