lemon
- noun
- /ˈlɛmən/
- Once a year, Bill spends a whole weekend polishing that desk with lemon oil and beeswax.
- lemon juice
- lemons and oranges
- slice of lemon
So we're going to go ahead and make a lemon blueberry bread.
- So we're going to go ahead and make a lemon blueberry bread.
- When life gives you lemons, make lemonada.
- New discussion and oysters with lemon on bread with butter and salt.
- Radicchio, dandelion greens, greens, ginger, lemon, like these support the liver.
- I re cut the lemon because the lemon wasn't cut anymore.
- Chimichurri barramundi with lemon carrots and garlic couscous.
Examples
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You should squeeze a lemon over the fish before serving.
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I was brazen today, chopping the herbs and the lemon peel.
Academic text (2008) -
Can you eat a lemon and keep a straight face?
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Can I get a tea with some lemon?
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In a glass with lemon.
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A little lemon juice, huh?
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- Would you like an extra slice of lemon, Mr. Kelly?
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Many days, I feel like the lemon water wakes me up more than coffee does.
Blog text (1) -
So we're going to go ahead and make a lemon blueberry bread.
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I'm going to put the lemon in our little juicer here.
Synonyms
A fruit like an orange or lemon with thick rind and juicy flesh
A juicy fruit with thick skin like an orange or lemon
A small rounder, sweeter lemon with thin skin or the tree that grows it
A small evergreen tree that people grow for its bright yellow sour fruit
A lemon tree and its fruit that have a mild, sweet taste and can be eaten fresh
Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
A law that helps buyers get a refund or replacement for vehicles that keep breaking
- US
A large yellowish-brown shark that lives in shallow water near the coast and often swims in groups
- US
A pale brown flat fish found along the Pacific coast of North America and eaten as food
- UK
A sweet thick spread for toast or cake made from lemons, butter, eggs, and sugar
A small plant with leaves that smell of lemon that people use to flavor tea and drinks
- Australian
A tall Australian tree with smooth bark and a strong lemon smell from its leaves
- South African
An evergreen tree from South Africa with tough wood used for furniture
- South African
An evergreen tree from South Africa with very hard wood used for furniture
- US
A small tree or shrub with leaves made of three parts, thin yellow-green flower clusters, and red hairy fruit
A tropical vine with thin divided leaves that smells strong when you crush its stems
How Sour
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lemon comes from Arabic laymūn via Persian limun and old French limon, and it names the small, tart yellow fruit. So when you say lemon you mean that sour fruit used for juice and zest.