lemonnoun
uk/ˈlem.ən/us/ˈlem.ən/lemon noun (FRUIT)
A2 [ C or U ] an oval fruit that has a thick, yellow skin and sour juice:
For this recipe you need the juice of two lemons.
Would you like a slice of lemon in your tea?
lemon juice
[ U ] the juice of a lemon or a drink made from this juice
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- Is there any of that lemon cake left?
- A margarita is made with tequila, an orange liqueur and lime or lemon juice.
- The dessert was decorated with strips of lemon peel.
- Purists eat smoked salmon with nothing more than lemon and black pepper.
- Just roast the chicken in the oven and baste it in oil and lemon.
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Types of fruit
- angelica
- apple
- avocado
- açaí
- banana
- cumquat
- currant
- damson
- dried fruit
- durian
- mango
- maraschino cherry
- melon
- mulberry
- navel orange
- satsuma
- satsuma plum
- sloe
- soft fruit
- starfruit
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Soft drinks
lemon noun (COLOUR)
[ U ] a pale yellow colour
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Less common colours
- aquamarine
- azure
- beige
- blood red
- burgundy
- burnish
- cerulean
- chestnut
- earth colour
- ginger
- khaki
- magenta
- maroon
- ochre
- peach
- raw sienna
- ruddy
- russet
- sage green
- violet
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lemon noun (STUPID THING/PERSON)
[ C ] mainly US informal something that does not work:
Only one of his inventions turned out to be a lemon.
[ C ] UK informal a very silly person:
I felt such a lemon when I discovered I'd missed my appointment.
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Failures
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- another/the final nail in the coffin idiom
- breakdown
- car crash
- cock-up
- dead duck
- foul-up
- free fall
- hash
- loser
- lost cause
- lulu
- mess
- mess-up
- parody
- slim pickings
- slush pile
- track record
- train wreck
- turkey
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Stupid and silly people
lemonadjective
uk/ˈlem.ən/us/ˈlem.ən/of a pale yellow colour
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Less common colours
- aquamarine
- azure
- beige
- blood red
- burgundy
- burnish
- cerulean
- chestnut
- earth colour
- ginger
- khaki
- magenta
- maroon
- ochre
- peach
- raw sienna
- ruddy
- russet
- sage green
- violet
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