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# lemony

adjective (lemony)

«lemony» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Lemony means tasting or smelling of lemon, or being the pale yellow colour of a lemon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemony/#m1)

### In the lessons

Food and cooking: «a lemony cake», «lemony smell». Art and description: «lemony yellow». It tells the reader about taste, smell or colour.

### Examples

- The cake had a lemony taste. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemony/#x1)
- The kitchen smelled lemony after cleaning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemony/#x2)
- She painted the walls a lemony yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemony/#x3)
- This tea is fresh and lemony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemony/#x4)
- The fish came with a lemony sauce. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemony/#x5)
- The lemony sweets made my mouth pucker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemony/#x6)

### Note

Informal adjective. Also spelled «lemoney» (rare). No comparative needed usually.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lemony» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lemony/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lemony» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lemony.html) on Mova free.