Food / A1

LEM-uh-n/ˈlemən/

A lemon is a yellow sour fruit. Countable: a lemon, two lemons. Lemon juice; a slice of lemon; lemon tea. Lime is greener and also sour. Lemonade is the drink; uncountable lemon when you mean the flavour: lemon cake.

Meaning

A yellow fruit with a sour taste.

Examples

• “Add lemon to the fish.”
• “This lemon is dry inside.”
• “Would you like lemon in your water?”

Good to know

a lemon (fruit). a slice of lemon. Contrast: lime. Related: lemonade.

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