LEMONADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lemonade mean? 

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

1. sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEMONADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lemonade" is a kind of...):

ade; fruit drink (a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice)

 Context examples 

At one place a man was selling green lemonade, and when the children bought it Dorothy could see that they paid for it with green pennies.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"Mine are spoiled with lemonade, and I can't get any new ones, so I shall have to go without," said Jo, who never troubled herself much about dress.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Mr. Laurence and Aunt March shrugged and smiled at one another when water, lemonade, and coffee were found to be to only sorts of nectar which the three Hebes carried round.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"I now propose a toast, as my 'friend and pardner, Sairy Gamp', says. Fun forever, and no grubbing!" cried Jo, rising, glass in hand, as the lemonade went round.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"And I drink 'long life to your resolution', Teddy," cried Jo, baptizing him with a splash of lemonade, as she waved her glass and beamed approvingly upon him.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Three months' vacation—how I shall enjoy it! exclaimed Meg, coming home one warm day to find Jo laid upon the sofa in an unusual state of exhaustion, while Beth took off her dusty boots, and Amy made lemonade for the refreshment of the whole party.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

May's answer was inaudible, but another young lady, whose temper was evidently a little soured by making lemonade, added, with a disagreeable laugh, Very lovely, for she knew she wouldn't sell them at her own table.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He was profoundly affected by the fact that Tom was there. But he would be uneasy anyhow until he had given them something, realizing in a vague way that that was all they came for. Mr. Sloane wanted nothing. A lemonade? No, thanks. A little champagne? Nothing at all, thanks. . . . I'm sorry—

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)