lemon

Adjective modifier

• bitter: Maybe it was a whiskey sour, or vodka and bitter lemon?
• pale: Wonderful range of colors from pale lemons to a more vivid orange.
• fresh: Drink the juice of fresh lemon in a glass of warm water first thing in the morning.
• real: Why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor, while dishwashing liquid is made with real lemons?
• whole: Sussex Pond Pudding A Sussex Pond pudding has a steaming suet crust which encases a whole lemon with golden buttery sugar syrup.
• small: Limes are thin-skinned citrus fruit, similar in appearance to a small green lemon.

Converse of object

• suck: Why the hell does she have to look at me like she's sucking lemons?
• squeeze: Fluids to support the liver Lemon water add a freshly squeezed lemon to a glass of hot water.
• grate: Stir in the wine and fruit juice with the grated lemon and orange rind the soy sauce with pepper to taste.
• chop: Place the apricots, strawberries and chopped lemon into a heavy-based saucepan and pour over the sugar.
• slice: Put into the jar 3 lb Demerara sugar, the rind of 2 sliced lemons.
• peel: Finely peel the lemons, removing only the outer waxy layer, squeeze the juice.

Preposition: into

• lemonade: This is what your grandmother called turning lemons into lemonade.

Modifies a noun

• juice: Tip Add a dash of lemon juice to the cooking water to help preserve the color of the new potatoes.
• zest: Mix the oil and lemon zest, salt, pepper and rosemary in a bowl.
• rind: Spoon over half of the mushroom mixture, layer over the salmon and eggs, sprinkle over the herbs, lemon rind and juice.
• balm: A cream containing an extract of lemon balm has been shown in double-blind trials to speed the healing of cold sores.
• curd: Rounds may be sliced and filled with whipped cream, jam or lemon curd.
• peel: Perhaps there's a slight suggestion of a lemon about the edges, like a lemon peel has been rubbed lightly around the rim.

Noun used with modifier

• sherbet: This fabulous 1960s bangle is made from semi-opaque sherbet lemon yellow Lucite with an opaque white inside.