limes
Americannoun
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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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I was addicted to reading the food scenes—the Christmas feast that the March girls bring to the Hummels, the illicit pickled limes Amy sucks on at school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
She shows me ripening limes and lemons inside her allotment greenhouse.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025
In the dense warren of stalls, the best-looking produce is displayed prominently: ripe bananas, glistening limes and orderly rows of broccoli and asparagus.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024
Nearby trees offer dragonfruit and limes, and there's even a smattering of papaya plants.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024
It was made of finely checkered gray-and-blue wool, with a striped lining and horn buttons, and carried in its weave the faint smell of limes.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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