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orange juice

orange juice

91 1.0
A drink people make from oranges, often fresh or bottled
  • noun
  • /ˈɔrɪndʒ dʒus/
translation icon : zumo de naranja (España)
  • Enter a smiling and healthy Rose with orange juice, toast, cups, and coffee on a tray.

They had like orange juice, coffee, bagels, lox.

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Examples

  • James went to the refrigerator, took out the carton of orange juice, and drank from it.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Martha stood over her, a small Dixie cup of orange juice in her hand.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Yeah, let me have an orange juice.

  • I brought you orange juice.

  • We can get you started... while we're getting some orange juice for little Charlie.

  • There was a glass of orange juice in front of him, and he took a sip.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • We also have some orange juice for the mimosas.

  • Then she poured two glasses of orange juice and sat down to eat.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Ruth always keeps a big jug of orange juice in the refrigerator.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I brought you orange juice for breakfast.

Synonyms

fruit juice
vsorange juice
12 1.0

A drink you get by squeezing fresh fruit

is from a single citrus source and served fresh or bottled
frozen orange juice
vsorange juice
1 1.1

A frozen concentrate of orange juice that you mix with water before drinking

is the fresh or bottled drink rather than concentrated or preserved
orange-juice concentrate
vsorange juice
1 3.3

A thick frozen orange juice that you mix with water to drink

is the drink served fresh or bottled, not the condensed syrup form

How Fresh

orange juice
91 1.0

Surface Forms

orange juice singular
orange juices plural

Morphology

orange + juice

The meaning 'the juice obtained from oranges' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'orange' (the fruit) with 'juice' (liquid extracted from plants), forming a straightforward noun+noun compound. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows basic English compounding rules, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

Orange juice is a simple image: people squeeze an orange and collect the juice that comes out into a glass. So, orange juice means the 'drink' made from squeezed oranges.