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# lemon

«lemon» in Mova's school dictionary: **an oval yellow fruit with sour juice and thick peel** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a lemon, lemons; lemon — uncountable as flavour or colour); adjective (lemon = pale yellow; lemon-flavoured)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lemon is an oval yellow fruit with sour juice and thick peel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/#m1)

2) Lemon is the taste or colour of this fruit: lemon cake, lemon yellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/#m2)

3) Informally, a lemon is something, often a car, that does not work properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life lemons are used in drinks, cakes and cooking; lemonade stalls are a classic children's way to earn money. In science lessons lemon juice is an acid (it turns red cabbage indicator pink), it can power a tiny lemon battery, and it can be used as invisible ink. In maths problems lemons are counted and priced. Phrases: «a slice of lemon», «lemon juice», «squeeze a lemon», «when life gives you lemons, make lemonade» (make the best of a bad situation).

### examples

- Squeeze a lemon into the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/#x1)
- Lemons taste very sour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/#x2)
- Mum made a lemon drizzle cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/#x3)
- Lemon juice is an acid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/#x4)
- We wrote secret messages with lemon juice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/#x5)
- Lemons cost 30 cents each, so 5 lemons cost $1.50. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/#x6)
- She painted her room lemon yellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/#x7)
- When life gives you lemons, make lemonade! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/#x8)

### note

Countable for the fruit (three lemons), uncountable for the flavour (some lemon). Lemon ≠ lime: a lime is smaller and green. Safety: lemon juice stings in cuts and eyes; acid can harm tooth enamel if you suck lemons often.

### In the corpora

- [Suck a slice of lemon and your whole face screws up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/0/)
- [That sharp, sour taste is the taste of an acid: lemons are full of citric acid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/1/)
- [Squeeze lemon into warm milk and it suddenly forms lumps: the acid makes the milk's proteins clump together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/4/)
- [Sour tastes come from acids; lemons contain citric acid, and sour sweets are dusted with acid powder that stings the tongue.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/8/)
- [Acidic food, like tomato or lemon, makes a sore spot in the mouth sting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lemon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.