EnglishEspañolFrançaisDeutschItalianoPortuguêsРусский日本語한국어العربيةहिन्दीTürkçe
🔍

Lemon

noun
/ˈlɛmən/
Word Frequency: 4.6

Definitions

1.nounA yellowish citrus fruit.
2.nounA semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
3.nounA taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
4.nounA more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
5.nounA defective or inadequate item or individual.
"He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon."
6.noun(shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.
"A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that."
7.nounA piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).
8.verbTo flavour with lemon.
"You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish."
9.adjectiveContaining or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
10.adjectiveOf the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
11.adjective(from "lemon tart") Smart; cheeky, vocal.

Synonyms

bombPWPsmutficmaizegambogecitrus limonlemon treelemon yellowlimoncitriccitruscitron

Rhymes With

lemmanhem inhemintegmenbehmenbem inbethlehem inbremen
🔗 Find words with "lemon" in A2Z Word Finder
The Daily Word NerdA new word, a puzzle, and a fun fact — free in your inbox every morning.
Free forever · unsubscribe anytime · all 14 newsletters
That email did not go through — please check it and try again.