lemon
/ˈlɛmən/noun
Early ChildhoodNot in standard dictionaries
1
A yellowish citrus fruit.
2
A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
3
A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
4
Lemon juice.
5
A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris).
6
A defective or inadequate item or individual.
7
Favor.
8
A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.
9
The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
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