Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A drink made of lemon juice, water, and sugar.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A beverage consisting of lemon-juice mixed with water and sweetened.
Wiktionary
- n. A still beverage consisting of lemon and sugar, sometimes ice, and water, used mainly as a refreshment.
- n. A carbonated beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring/flavoring, water and sugar.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A beverage consisting of lemon juice mixed with water and sweetened.
WordNet 3.0
- n. sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice
Etymologies
- lemon + -ade (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Not Sprite, which they call lemonade here, but REAL lemonade.”
“Originally a corruption of the English word "lemonade," Ramune was a favorite of sailors in the Imperial Navy during World War II, and is closely associated with summer festivals today.”
“I like busch light. but lemonade is good too! ya know you take a sour situation and make something good out of it. a great idea.”
“That said, upgrading a bought and paid for Vista OS is simply making lemonade from a lemon, soter speak.”
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“He's good at making lemonade from a bitter helping of lemons.”
“The new campaign by Dems, which smacks of an effort to make lemons into lemonade, is another measure of the massive disadvantage Dems face in the uncharted post-Citizens United world.”
The Washington Post: House Dems to blast U.S. Chamber's ads as foreign-influenced
“Straight down and no lemonade is served there, despite the heat.”
Clinton campaign plans to keep going - but isn't saying where
“Yesterday I made it through work without a problem; the lemonade is more satisfying than I would have thought.”
“We need to dream of course but that hint about making lemonade is priceless in most lives!! by jzr”
“Because I used scraps, I had to break up the word lemonade on the inside, but I don't think I mind it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lemonade’.
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probablyankita's list
Words are all I have to take your heart away
apartheid, techno-klutz, logorrheic, gordian knot, anodyne, odor of sanctity, finders keepers, foot-in-mouth dis..., dutch uncle, masquerade, smoke signals, furtive glance and 320 more...
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lemon phrases / words
how lemon is used
lemon-balm, lemon-bird, lemon-bloom, lemon-bush, lemon cadmium, lemon-cake, lemon cheese, lemon-cheesecake, lemon chrome, lemon cling, lemon-colour, lemon-coloured and 89 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Vendance Is Mine
Vot? Stuff dispensed from vending machines. Don't ask vhy.
p.s. Generic, no brand names please.bubblegum, soft drinks, cigarettes, coffee, muesli bars, phone cards, stale peanuts, chicken salad san..., cheeseburger, peanut butter coo..., an original work ..., amaretto-flavored... and 62 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (L)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
labyrinth, lace, lad, lady fingers, lagoon, lamb, lament, lammas, lantern, larkspur, lass, lauds and 92 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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-ade
the act of; product of; participant; drink made from
blockade, pomade, brigade, lemonade, limeade, orangeade, gasconade
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It was good enough for Billy Burroughs
smack, dope, junk, mud, h, skag, black tar, horse, brown sugar, chiva, boy, black and 237 more...
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bayesian's Words
triangulate, dissemble, parsimonious, trickle, piscine, pulcritude, persiflage, glimmer, descant, munificent, entablature, embonpoint and 52 more...
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I Drink Your...
I drink it up!
milkshake, smoothie, egg cream, coolatta, horchata, lassi, slurpee, Arnold Palmer, Shirley Temple, coffee, tea, cappuccino and 42 more...
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foods and spices
ratatouille, lemon chiffon, mocha, frappuccino, cocoa, croissant, oregano, coriander, tortellini, edamame, marzipan, cannoli and 32 more...
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foodie list - drink me
absinthe, beer, carafe, claret, coffee, cream, wine, sherry, sarsaparilla, rum, decant, java and 20 more...
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Summertime
Words associated with summer
summer, sunshine, sunny, thunderstorm, cicada, cricket, firefly, ice cream, pool, laughter, water, beach and 21 more...
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Citrus
kabosu, kumquat, meyer lemon, key lime, blood orange, citron, citrus, lemonade, supreme, marmalade, pith, zest and 12 more...
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you write such pretty words
words that are pretty.
sparkle, shimmer, haze, sunlight, starlight, mist, illuminate, ocean, sunrise, sunset, serendipity, orchard and 84 more...
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LeonieInTokyo's Words
scurvy, lacrimosa, azur, claire, cajun, silicium, lemonade, shenanigans, lacquer, sequin
Tweets
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