lemonade

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lemonade

  • /ˌlɛmənˈeɪd/ UK
  • /ˈlɛmənˌeɪd/ US

Rhymes with -eɪd

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Borrowed from French limonade. By surface analysis, lemon + -ade.

noun lemonades

  1. Canada, India, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable A flavored beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. (In the UK and Ireland, generally specified as still, cloudy, or traditional lemonade.) Mrs. Murphy, who had […] stopped for a few minutes, at Mrs. Loring's invitation, to rest and enjoy the cool glass of lemonade that was very refreshing after her long walk.
  2. Australia, New Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar.

    Similar: carbonated lemonade, sparkling lemonade, fizzy lemonade, lemon soda, lemonade soda

  3. countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable Recreational drugs of poor or weak quality, especially heroin. In fact, a recent report from Denver shows it [street heroin] was about 1 to 2 percent and the addicts that are receiving this in many cases refer to it as lemonade, because it is so weak.

Similar: citronade

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: kool-aid, weed, lime, soda, fizzy, limo, hard lemonade, citronade, limeade, red lemonade, lemon soda, lemon juice, pink lemonade, limoncello, lemon-lime, lime juice

noun

Similar: citronade

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noun still beverage

Españollimonada
한국어레모네이드 remoneideu, 레몬에이드 remoneideu, 레몬수 remonsu
日本語レモネード remonēdo, はちみつレモン hachimitsu remon, レモン水 remon-sui
中文檸檬水 /柠檬水 níngméngshuǐ
Kiswahilimaji ya limau
Portuguêslimonada
Françaiscitronnade
DeutschLimonade, Zitrone
Italianolimonata
Ελληνικάλεμονάδα lemonáda, λεμονίτα lemoníta
Românălimonadă, citronadă
Русскийлимона́д limonád
Tiếng Việtnước chanh, đá chanh
العربيةعَصِير اللَّيْمُون ʕaṣīr al-laymūn, شَرَاب اللَّيْمُون šarāb al-laymūn, لِيمُونَادَا līmūnādā, لِيمُونَاضَة līmūnāḍa
עבריתלימונדה

noun carbonated beverage

Españolgaseosa de limón, limonada, soda limonada
한국어사이다 saida
日本語サイダー saidā
中文檸檬水 /柠檬水 níngméngshuǐ
Portuguêssoda limonada
Françaislimonade
DeutschBrause, Limonade, Limo
Ελληνικάλεμονάδα lemonáda, γκαζόζα gkazóza, λεμονίτα lemoníta
Русскийлимона́д limonád, газиро́вка gaziróvka
Tiếng Việtnước chanh

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@misc{lemonade_2026,
  title = {lemonade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lemonade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}