lemon

lemon
lem|on1 [ˈlemən] n
[Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: limon, from Medieval Latin limo, from Arabic laymun]
1.) [U and C]
a fruit with a hard yellow skin and sour juice
▪ a slice of lemon
▪ Add a few drops of lemon juice.
2.) [U] BrE
a drink that tastes of lemons
▪ a glass of fizzy lemon
3.) also lemon yellow[U]
a pale yellow colour
4.) especially AmE informal something that is useless because it fails to work or to work properly
▪ I soon realized the van was a lemon.
5.) BrE informal a silly person
▪ He just stood there looking like a real lemon.
lemon 2
lemon2 adj also .lemon 'yellow
pale yellow in colour

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