lemony

Everyday

Lemony means tasting or smelling of lemon, or being the pale yellow colour of a lemon. tree →

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 →
• The kitchen smelled lemony after cleaning. tree →
• She painted the walls a lemony yellow. tree →
• This tea is fresh and lemony. tree →
• The fish came with a lemony sauce. tree →
• The lemony sweets made my mouth pucker. tree →

Note

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