limeade
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- noun
- /ˈlaɪmeɪd/
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limonada
- And sister and brother enthusiastically shout their street cry that draws customers until at last the pitchers at the stand are empty. Lemon lemon LIME, lemon LIMEADE!
This is called White Barn Market and it's called Sparkling Limeade.
- This is called White Barn Market and it's called Sparkling Limeade.
Examples
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She made a delicious limeade by mixing freshly squeezed lime juice, sugar, and cold water.
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Oh, just a limeade, Sherry.
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Real limeade, squeezed fresh... ...with real sugar and loaded with lots of ice cubes.
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And we all sit together... ...drinking the coolest, sweetest, ice-cold glass of limeade.
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And you're sitting on a blanket in the grass... ...drinking the coolest, sweetest, ice-cold glass of limeade.
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She and her little brother John-John collect loose change and buy ingredients for lemonade, limeade, and lemon-limeade.
Academic text (2015) -
I need a Footlong Cheese Coney with mustard and onions, large Tots and a large Cherry Limeade.
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On a hot summer day, I enjoyed a refreshing glass of limeade with ice.
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We gathered outside, sipping homemade limeade while watching the sunset.
Synonyms
A sweet cold drink made from fruit juice
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Limeade comes from the fruit name lime plus the ending -ade, like lemonade, where -ade shows a 'drink made from' a fruit. So limeade literally means a 'drink made from lime', which is why it refers to a sweet chilled mix of lime juice, water, and sugar.