lemon
noun/ˈlemən/
Слово англійською: lemon
Переклад lemon українською: лимон
Детальний опис
- [countable, uncountable] a yellow citrus fruit with juice that has a bitter, sharp taste. Slices of lemon and lemon juice are used in cooking and drinks.
- Add a squeeze of lemon juice.
- Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the fish.
- a glass of sparkling water with ice and lemon
- lemon tea
- a lemon tree
- Garnish the fish with wedges of lemon.
- [uncountable, countable] lemon juice or a drink made from lemon see also bitter lemon
- (also lemon yellow)[uncountable] a pale yellow colourMore Like This Colour compoundsColour compounds
- baby blue
- china-blue
- cobalt blue
- electric blue
- ice-blue
- midnight blue
- navy blue
- peacock blue
- petrol blue
- powder blue
- royal blue
- sky-blue
- blood-red
- cherry red
- pillar-box red
- wine red
- bottle-green
- emerald green
- jade green
- lime green
- olive-green
- pea-green
- sea-green
- lemon yellow
- primrose yellow
- lily-white
- snow-white
- coal-black
- jet black
- pitch-black
- charcoal grey
- iron-grey
- slate-grey
- rose pink
- salmon pink
- shocking pink
- nut-brown
- [countable] (especially North American English, informal) a thing that cannot be used because it does not work as it should synonym dud
- [countable] (British English) a stupid person synonym idiot
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French limon (in modern French denoting a lime) from Arabic līmūn (a collective term for fruits of this kind); compare with lime (the fruit).