lemon
- noun
- /ˈlɛmən/
- "The living room was a nice mixture of periods, a comfortable, embracing room lightened with lemon and accented with plum.
- lemon-yellow
- lemon color
- a lemon-yellow suit
Examples
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The first thing I got is this lemon yellow hoodie.
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The northern New Mexico sky was bright with streamers of color, strawberry red and lemon yellow.
Fiction book (1998) -
Uh, I like parties on the beach, new kids on the block and my favorite color is lemon yellow.
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And it's like the color of sunshine and lemon, right?
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The room had high ceilings and had been painted a lemon yellow.
Fiction book (1998) -
I kind of love the brightness of lemon, especially for like a shrimp pasta.
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The returning woman was accompanied by another pregnant woman in a lemon-yellow jumper.
Fiction book (2002) -
Bunny ears cut from construction paper swayed above their heads, a blur of lemon color.
Fiction book (1996) -
Peter drove me around the grounds in a golf cart topped with a lemon-yellow canopy.
Academic text (2007) -
The walls of the nursery were painted lemon yellow to create a bright and cheerful atmosphere.
Synonyms
The color of a lemon or sunflower
A deep yellow color with a touch of orange
A bright yellow like the outside of a lemon
A strong yellow color like ripe corn
A bright yellow color with a small touch of orange
A strong deep yellow color like a sunflower
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 Yellow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lemon for a color comes from the bright yellow of the ripe fruit, whose name came from Arabic laymūn, so calling something 'lemon' means it is 'bright yellow' like the fruit.