Meanings
nounlemon curd (countable and uncountable, plural lemon curds)
plural lemon curds
- countableuncountableA thick preserve made from lemons (juice and zest), egg yolk, butter and sugar.
‘Hi. I brought some lemon curd.’ ‘Lemon curd!’ said Adrian. ‘And what was I saying only this minute, Tom?’ “If only we had some lemon curd for our guests.” You’re a mind-reader, Bollocks.’
1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 18
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 檸檬醬 /柠檬酱
- 檸檬醬 /柠檬酱 (níngméngjiàng)preserve made from lemons
Finnish lemon curd, sitruunatahna
- lemon curdpreserve made from lemons
- sitruunatahnapreserve made from lemons
French crème de citron
- crème de citronpreserve made from lemons
Spanish crema de limón
- crema de limónpreserve made from lemons
Welsh ceuled lemon
- ceuled lemonpreserve made from lemons
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lemon curd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lemon%20curd
MLA
“lemon curd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lemon%20curd. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lemon curd,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lemon%20curd.
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