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elephant | lemon |

As a noun elephant

is elephant.

As a proper noun lemon is

.

elephant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mammal of the order Proboscidea , having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
  • (figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.
  • (paper, printing) A printing-paper size measuring 30 inches x 22 inches.
  • (British, childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second.
  • Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant''', two '''elephant''', three '''elephant ...
  • (obsolete) ivory
  • (Dryden)

    Synonyms

    * (animal) Elephas maximus'', ''Loxodonta africana * (counting term) see

    Hyponyms

    * (animal) African bush elephant, African forest elephant, Indian elephant, African elephant

    Derived terms

    * African bush elephant * African elephant * African forest elephant * Asian elephant * Asiatic elephant * Borneo elephant, Borneo pygmy elephant * double elephant, double elephant paper * dwarf elephant * elephant apple * elephant bed * elephant beetle * elephant bird, elephantbird * elephant chess * elephant-color, elephant-colour * elephant cord * elephant creeper * elephant ear, elephant ears * elephant fish * elephant flipping * elephant folio * Elephant Gambit * elephant garlic * elephant grass * elephant-gravel * elephant-gray, elephant-grey * elephant gun * * elephant hawk moth * elephanticide * elephantide * elephant in Cairo * elephant in the corner, elephant in the kitchen, elephant in the living room, elephant in the room * (Elephant Island) * elephantitis * elephant joke * elephant juice * elephant leg * (Elephant Man) * elephant man's disease * elephant man's syndrome * elephant on the dinner table * elephant paper * elephant-path * elephant pearl * elephant polo * elephant-rain * elephantry * elephant's breath * elephant seal * elephant's ear, elephant's ears * elephant's foot * elephant's foot umbrella stand * elephant's-grass * elephants' graveyard * elephantship * elephant shrew * elephant's teeth * elephant's trunk, elephant trunk * Elephant's Trunk Nebula * elephant's trunk plant * elephant's trunk snake * elephant's tusk * elephant's-tusks * elephant's-vine * elephant test * elephant trank * elephant tranquilizer, elephant tranquilliser, elephant tranquillizer * Elephant Trap * elephant tree * elephant-trumpet * elephant-trunk fish * Elephant Trunk nebula * elephant-tusk * elephant yam * * forest elephant * get a look at the elephant * imperial elephant * Indian elephant * Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant * Order of the Elephant * pad elephant * pink elephant * pink elephants * pseudelephant * pygmy elephant * retail elephant * rogue elephant * savanna elephant, savannah elephant * sea elephant * see the elephant * show the elephant * Sri Lankan elephant * straight-tusked elephant * Sumatran elephant * temple elephant * war elephant * water elephant * white elephant

    lemon

    English

    (Citrus limon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A yellowish citrus fruit.
  • A semitropical evergreen tree, , that bears such fruits.
  • A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
  • A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
  • (slang) A defective or inadequate item.
  • He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon .
  • Smart; cheeky, vocal.
  • * 2009 , (Caitlin Moran), ‘Why I love paying tax’, The Times , 12 Oct 2009:
  • Obviously Emin is not the first public figure to get lemon over tax increases.
  • favour, favor.
  • A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon , I could get it for half that.
  • (fandom) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series (Cream Lemon) ).
  • Synonyms

    * (defective item) bomb

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from lemon) * bitter lemon * lemon balm * lemon cheese * lemon chiffon * lemon chiffon pie * lemon crab * lemon curd * lemon drop * lemon grass * lemon juice * lemon law * lemon lime * lemon meringue pie * lemon myrtle * lemon soda * lemon sole * lemon squeezer * lemon squash * lemon thyme * lemon verbena * lemon vervain * lemon yellow * lemonade * lemonade berry * lemon-belly * lemongrass * lemon-squeezer * lemony

    See also

    * adverse selection

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
  • Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
  • See also

    * citrine * citron * citronella * melissa * fever grass *

    Anagrams

    * melon

    References

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