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

The grand fun of “Hitman” runs are just how it all goes wrong, and how 47 is able to make lemonade out of lemons and spilled blood.

From Washington Post

Discarding pounds has been a method of control, a way to corral the chaos and make lemons into sugar-free lemonade.

From Washington Post

Add a splash of rye, and lemonade quickly becomes very adult.

From Outside Online

Heat up your thermos, then add three ounces of warm lemonade and two ounces of rye.

From Outside Online

Still, a run through this exercise does reveal at least a few ways the selection committee could make lemonade out of lemons if it so chooses.

From Washington Post

One political observer summed up the atmospherics: “It looks like two guys drinking lemonade with the sugar left out.”

From The Daily Beast

Doritos: Time Machine Forget your run-of-the-mill lemonade stand.

From The Daily Beast

Vali sings while playing with an alligator on a pink swing set, hustling at a lemonade stand and dancing with shadowy creatures.

From The Daily Beast

Mrs. Schulz tried to offer me more sour lemonade in a paper cup.

From The Daily Beast

Inviting us in, he offered us lemonade that his wife had in a big pitcher.

From The Daily Beast

At the old Rosewater dances we never had anything but cake and lemonade—ice-cream in very hot weather.

From Project Gutenberg

"Because I thought a pitcher wouldn't hold lemonade enough," said Willy.

From Project Gutenberg

Pie for sale on the grounds, and rocks to crack it with; and ciRcus-lemonade—three drops of lime juice to a barrel of water.

From Project Gutenberg

The miners gave each of them a glass of fresh lemonade to drink, and rubbed their temples with vinegar.

From Project Gutenberg

But it was only Azalea Courtney, radiant as the morning, carrying a little silver pitcher full of iced lemonade.

From Project Gutenberg