LEMMON

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• LEMMON (noun)
  The noun LEMMON has 1 sense:

1. United States film actor (1925-2001)

  Familiarity information: LEMMON used as a noun is very rare.

• LEMMON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States film actor (1925-2001)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jack Lemmon; John Uhler; Lemmon

Instance hypernyms:

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

 Context examples 

It was discovered on Oct. 13 by observers at the Mount Lemmon Survey, an element of the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson, Arizona.

(Catalog of Known Near-Earth Asteroids Tops 15,000, NASA)

It was discovered on Oct. 13 by observers at the Mount Lemmon Survey, an element of the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson, Arizona. 2016 TB57 is a rather small asteroid — about 50 to 115 feet (16 to 36 meters) in size — that will come closest to Earth on Oct. 31 at just beyond five times the distance of the moon.

(The 2016 TB57 asteroid will come closest to Earth on Oct. 31, NASA)