limes
Americannoun
plural
limites-
a boundary, especially the fortified border or frontier of a country.
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(initial capital letter) Siegfried Line.
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an ancient Roman frontier fortification.
noun
Etymology
Origin of limes
1530–40; < Latin līmes; see limit
Example Sentences
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Wearing black Swig shirts, the crew swiftly mixed drinks with bobbing limes and swirling cream.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
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
My wife and I grow the basics — massive Bearss lemons, Persian and Mexican limes, a kumquat bush that right now is so brimming with thumb-size orange jewels that it looks like a traffic cone.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
Bright limes and lemons and speckled oranges for juicing.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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