# lemonade

Pronunciation: US say "LEM-uh-nayd" /ˈlɛmənˌeɪd/; UK/AUS say "lem-uh-NAYD" /ˌlɛmənˈeɪd/

## Noun

1. A refreshing drink made from water, lemon juice, and a sweetener, often served chilled over ice. *(Canada, India, Philippines, US)*
   - Simple: A cold drink made from lemons, water, and sugar.
   - _The diner served a tall glass of lemonade with every lunch special._
   - _Grandma stirred sugar into the pitcher of lemonade until it dissolved._
2. A clear, usually fizzy drink made from lemon or artificial lemon flavoring, water, and sugar. *(Australia, New Zealand, UK)*
   - Simple: A clear, bubbly, sweet drink with a lemon taste.
   - _She topped up the children's glasses with chilled lemonade at the party._
   - _A bottle of lemonade fizzed over when he opened it too quickly._
3. Recreational drugs, most often heroin, that are weak or of inferior quality. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Bad-quality or weak illegal drugs, especially heroin.
   - _Addicts grumbled that the lemonade going around was cut with too much filler._
   - _He got ripped off paying full price for lemonade that barely worked._

## Origin

From French 'limonade', equivalent to 'lemon' combined with the suffix '-ade'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/lemonade (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).