Lemon - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a strong yellow color (syn: gamboge, maize)
- a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
- a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
- an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory (syn: stinker)
Extra examples
The recipe calls for the juice of two lemons.
Garnish it with a slice of lemon.
Our new car is a lemon.
The juice of lemons yields citric acid.
The lemon tea is fresh and good.
Add a few drops of lemon juice.
I soon realized the van was a lemon.
He just stood there looking like a real lemon.
If you had any brains in that big lemon.
There was a little implement called a lemon zester that she had bought from a door-to-door salesman.
She sliced the lemon in half.
Juice from the lemon squirted into my eye.
The recipe calls for a tablespoon of lemon zest.
She made a face like she'd eaten a lemon.
This root vegetable tastes slightly of lemon.
Word forms
singular: lemon
plural: lemons
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