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limes

American

[lahy-mees] / ˈlaɪ mis /

noun

plural

limites

a boundary, especially the fortified border or frontier of a country.
(initial capital letter) Siegfried Line.
an ancient Roman frontier fortification.

limes British

/ ˈlaɪmiːz /

noun

the fortified boundary of the Roman Empire

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Etymology

Origin of limes

1530–40; < Latin līmes; see limit

Example Sentences

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She started with limes, lemons and six flavor shots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Finger limes, pomelos, pawpaw and sapote, to name a handful.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

She shows me ripening limes and lemons inside her allotment greenhouse.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

I also have an olive oil from Puglia that has lemons and limes in it, it's not just a flavored oil and I had a case of it in Puglia so I keep that there.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025

As he left the cobbler’s, his new shoes squeaking on his feet, he saw a peddler pushing a barrow of limes up Cornhill.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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