key lime
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3.0
- noun
- /ki laɪm/
- US
:
lima ácida
- Two truckers chatted at the counter, polishing off key lime pie and downing bottomless cups of coffee.
- key lime pie
And they send some Jelly Key Lime soda and a gift card and a shopping bag.
- And they send some Jelly Key Lime soda and a gift card and a shopping bag.
- Taste is kind of like Key Lime Pie, shrimp, tequila.
- But I'm a Key Lime Pie kind of guy.
- I said to Muri over Key Lime Pie that we need more feminine energy in power to challenge the patriarchy.
Examples
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He was sipping his coffee and eating his Key lime pie just like normal people do.
Fiction book (1997) -
How about more Key lime pie for dessert since there will be a vote for the best Key lime pie in South Florida at the end of the trip?
Academic text (1996) -
Is this key lime pie?
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My mom mentioned she made key lime pie.
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The key lime pie, please.
Fiction book (2002) -
Partial to key lime pie?
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I haven't had a key lime pie in ten years.
Fiction book (1994) -
Save room for key lime pie while Don tells the bittersweet story of its origin.
Academic text (1996) -
I always make apple pie (usually 2), and pecan pie also, and now my daughter includes her key lime pie into the holiday mix.
Blog text (14) -
I can't wait to try the famous key lime pie from that new bakery.
Synonyms
A small tree from Southeast Asia that makes small round fruits called key limes
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small lime native to the Florida Keys' is directly derivable from combining 'key' (a small island, i.e. the Florida Keys) with 'lime' (the citrus fruit); the noun phrase indicates origin/association. This place + noun composition is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent meanings should be able to infer the MWE's referent.
Etymology
Key lime gets its name from the Florida Keys, the small islands where this tiny, round lime grew wild. So today key lime means that small, tart yellow-green lime often used in pies and drinks.