- [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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- slice
- wedge
- cake
- …
- squeeze
- slice
- garnish something with
- …
- tree
- pip
- seed
- …
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- [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 compoundsTopics Colours and Shapesb2
- [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).
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