lemonade

[ lem-uh-neyd, lem-uh-neyd ]

noun

1. a beverage consisting of lemon juice, sweetener, and water, sometimes carbonated.

lemonade

/ ˌlɛməˈneɪd /

noun

1. a drink made from lemon juice, sugar, and water or from carbonated water, citric acid, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of lemonade¹

1655–65; lemon + -ade ¹, modeled on French limonade or Spanish limonada

Example Sentences

What Beyoncé is doing, Palmer says, is performance art — “emoting something that is meant to be an aspirational exploration of feminism, gender-nonconformity but still softness, being assertive, having her peace in chaos with ‘Lemonade.’”

From Los Angeles Times

There’s also the Cran-Merry Orange Lemonade Refresher — which combines the Cran-Merry Orange Refresher with ice, lemonade and cranberries — along with the Cran-Merry Drink — which combines the Cran-Merry Refresher with ice, coconut milk and cranberries.

From Salon

Who knows if Trump's campaign managers think misogyny is a smart tactic or if they're simply trying to make electoral lemonade out of political lemons.

From Salon

Grammy watchers will remember an earlier battle between Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” and Adele’s “30” in 2023, which itself followed Adele’s tearful proclamation at the 2017 Grammys that she couldn’t rightfully accept album of the year for her blockbuster “25” knowing that her win had come at the expense of Beyoncé’s epochal “Lemonade.”

From Los Angeles Times

He also recommends planting lemonade berry and pink flowering sumac to replace non-native hedges.

From Los Angeles Times