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The correct spelling is lemons.

How to pronounce lemons

noun

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The correct spelling is lemons. A yellowish citrus fruit. For example: "He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon."

Usage Examples

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

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

You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A yellowish citrus fruit.
  2. 2.A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
  3. 3.A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
  4. 4.A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
  5. 5.A defective or inadequate item or individual.

verb

  1. 1.To flavour with lemon.

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