pink lemonade
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2.2
- noun
- /pɪŋk ˌlɛmənˈeɪd/
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limonada rosa
- For her birthday party, she served pink lemonade along with delicious snacks.
I wanted a pink friend, so I just got some pink lemonade and this is super easy.
- I wanted a pink friend, so I just got some pink lemonade and this is super easy.
Examples
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Can I get you some pink lemonade?
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At my house, if I was having pink lemonade, my friends would get it, too.
Fiction book (1997) -
I'm going out to get some popcorn and pink lemonade.
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Once, I asked Benny why his mother would never let me have the pink lemonade.
Fiction book (1997) -
Five days before the Briarwood game, Mrs. Clay poured me a glass of pink lemonade.
Fiction book (1997) -
On a hot summer day, we enjoyed a refreshing glass of pink lemonade by the pool.
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At the picnic, the kids loved drinking pink lemonade while playing games.
Synonyms
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1.0
A sweet drink made from lemon juice, water, and sugar
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1.5
A sweet drink made from fruit juice mixed with water and often added sugar
A sweet cold drink made from fruit juice
A sweet light pink drink often served cold
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'pink' (a pale red color) modifying 'lemonade' (the drink), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer a pink-tinted lemonade and, by extension, a color named after that drink. The use of food/drink names as color labels is a common and predictable naming practice cross-linguistically, so the expression is transparent to learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
Pink lemonade may come from a simple fairground accident: one popular story says a seller dropped red candy into a kettle of lemonade, turning the drink light pink and sweet, and people liked the new flavour. That's why pink lemonade means 'a sweet, pink-colored lemon drink' today.