lemon

CEFRA2

/ˈlɛmən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A yellow citrus fruit with a sour taste.

  2. 02

    noun

    A machine or product that does not work properly.

Examples

  • If you add lemon, it will become sour.

  • Add a squeeze of lemon juice.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.

  2. A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.

  3. A yellowish citrus fruit.

More examples

In context

  • The lemon is a sour fruit.

  • A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon! I could get it for half that.

  • He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Middle English lymon English lemon Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) or Classical Persian لِیمُون (līmūn), a variant of Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lime. The fandom sense is named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon.