lemon
adjective
1. Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
2. Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
noun
1. yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
Definition categories: food, citrus
2. a strong yellow color
Similar word(s): gamboge, maize
Definition categories: attribute, yellow, yellowness
3. a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
Definition categories: plant, citrus
4. a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
Definition categories: thought, flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang
5. an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
Similar word(s): stinker
Definition categories: man–made, artefact, artifact
Sentences with lemon as a noun:
- lemon flesh colour:
- He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.
- A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that.
verb
1. (transitive) To flavour with lemon.
- You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.