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orange [noun] (FRUIT)
US /ˈɔːr.ɪndʒ/ 
UK /ˈɒr.ɪndʒ/ 
Example: 

Orange is a winter fruit.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

noun

1 a round fruit with a colour between red and yellow, and a thick skin:
orange juice

2 a colour between red and yellow

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

orange

orange S3 /ˈɒrəndʒ, ˈɒrɪndʒ $ ˈɔː-, ˈɑː-/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Arabic naranj, from Sanskrit naranga 'orange tree']

1. [countable] a round fruit that has a thick orange skin and is divided into parts inside:
orange juice
orange peel
Peel the oranges and divide them into segments.
orange groves (=where orange trees grow)
2. [uncountable] a colour that is between red and yellow:
a bright shade of orange

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

orange

or·ange [orange oranges] noun, adjective   [ˈɒrɪndʒ]    [ˈɔːrɪndʒ]    [ˈɑːrɪndʒ] 

noun

countable, uncountable
1. a round citrus fruit with thick reddish-yellow skin and a lot of sweet juice
• orange peel
• an orange tree
• freshly squeezed orange juice
• orange groves (= groups of orange trees)
• orange blossom

see also  blood orange

2. (BrE) orange juice, or a drink made from or tasting of oranges
• Would you like some orange?

• A vodka and orange, please.

3. a bright reddish-yellow colour
• a pale shade of orange

• purples and reds and deep shining oranges

4. Orange™a mobile/cell phone company that was started in Britain in 1994. It had a well-known advertising slogan: The future’s bright. The future’s Orange.
see apples and oranges at  apple  n.  
Word Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French orenge (in the phrase pomme d'orenge), based on Arabic nāranj, from Persian nārang.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

orange / ˈɒr.ɪndʒ /   / ˈɔːr- / noun (FRUIT)

orange

A1 [ C ] a round sweet fruit that has a thick orange skin and an orange centre divided into many parts:

a glass of orange juice

© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

orange

/ɒrɪndʒ, AM ɔ:r-/
(oranges)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.
Something that is orange is of a colour between red and yellow.
...men in bright orange uniforms.
COLOUR

2.
An orange is a round juicy fruit with a thick, orange coloured skin.
...orange trees.
...fresh orange juice.
N-VAR: oft N n

3.
Orange is a drink that is made from or tastes of oranges.
...vodka and orange.
N-UNCOUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

orange
 

or·ange /ˈɑrɪnʤ, ˈorɪnʤ/ noun, pl -ang·es [count, noncount]
1 : a citrus fruit that is round and that has an orange skin
• He peeled the orange.
• a slice of orange
- often used before another noun
• an orange tree/grove/peel
• I drink a glass of orange juice [=juice from an orange] every morning.
- see color picture
- see also blood orange
2 : a color between red and yellow that is like the color of fire and carrots - see color picture
compare apples and/to/with oranges
- see 1compare