Lemon vs Football - What's the difference?
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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.
Smart; cheeky, vocal.
* 2009 , (Caitlin Moran), ‘Why I love paying tax’, The Times , 12 Oct 2009:
favour, favor.
(fandom) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series (Cream Lemon) ).
Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
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(general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
(other than North America, uncountable) association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in Canada and the United States.
(US, uncountable) American football: a game in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
(Canada, uncountable) Canadian football: a game played on a wide field in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
(Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, uncountable) Australian rules football.
(Ireland, uncountable) Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
(Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) rugby union
(countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
(uncountable) Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
(figuratively, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
(slang, countable) The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President.
As a proper noun lemon
is .As a noun football is
the kind of ball used in american football.lemon
English
(Citrus limon)Noun
(en noun)- He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon .
- Obviously Emin is not the first public figure to get lemon over tax increases.
- A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon , I could get it for half that.
Synonyms
* (defective item) bombDerived 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 * lemonySee also
* adverse selectionAdjective
(en adjective)See also
* citrine * citron * citronella * melissa * fever grass *Anagrams
* melonReferences
football
English
Noun
- Roman and medieval football''' matches were more violent than any modern type of '''football .
- Each team scored three goals when they played football .
- Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football .
- They played football in the snow.
- ''The player kicked the football .
- That budget item became a political football .
Synonyms
* ("football" in Britain) ** (all varieties of English) association football, soccer (all varieties of English), wogball (Australian racist slang) ** (British slang) footie, footer * ("football" in the US) American football, (Australia) gridiron, gridiron football * ("football" in Canada) (outside Canada) Canadian football * footy, Aussie Rules, VFL (outdated), AFL * ("football" in New South Wales and Queensland) footy, league * soccer * (ball) ** (in all varieties of English and in all games called "football") ball ** footy, pill ** soccerball ** soccer ball ** pigskinDerived terms
* American football * arena football * Australian rules football * Barbarian football * blow football * Canadian flag football * Canadian football * Gaelic football * five-a-side football * flag football * football hooligan * football match * football player * football tennis * footballer * footballing * gridiron football * political football * roller football * table football * touch football * tackle footballSee also
* for a list of terms used in football/soccer. * (Football) * Details of the word football in various parts of the world. * (American football) *Translations of football (soccer) terms1000 English basic words ----