lemon squeezer

noun

A device used to extract juice from lemons by crushing the lemon using the sharp middle part.

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Meanings

nounlemon squeezer (plural lemon squeezers)

plural lemon squeezers · alternative lemon-squeezer

  1. A device used to extract juice from lemons by crushing the lemon using the sharp middle part.
  2. CockneyslangA geezer; a man.

    Oh well, your loss big feller. Just lead the way my old lemon squeezer, there's a good man.

    2020, S. C. Hamill, Brick Lane. East-End Pub-Share, page 107
  3. slangA kind of broad-brimmed hat with a symmetrically pinched crown resembling the top of a lemon squeezer (juicing device).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
campaign hat

Translations

Basque zukugailu
  • zukugailudevice used to extract juice from lemons
Dutch citruspers, citroenpers
  • citruspersdevice used to extract juice from lemons
  • citroenpersdevice used to extract juice from lemons
Finnish sitruspuristin
  • sitruspuristindevice used to extract juice from lemons
French presse-citron
  • presse-citrondevice used to extract juice from lemons
German Zitronenpresse
  • Zitronenpressedevice used to extract juice from lemons
Hungarian citromprés, citromfacsaró
  • citromprésdevice used to extract juice from lemons
  • citromfacsaródevice used to extract juice from lemons
  • citromcsavaródevice used to extract juice from lemons
Italian spremiagrumi
  • spremiagrumidevice used to extract juice from lemons
Japanese 絞り器, スクイーザー
  • 絞り器 (shiboriki)device used to extract juice from lemons
  • スクイーザー (sukuīzā)device used to extract juice from lemons
Korean 레몬 즙 짜개
  • 레몬 즙 짜개 (remon jeup jjagae)device used to extract juice from lemons
Norwegian sitruspresse
  • sitruspressedevice used to extract juice from lemons
Polish wyciskarka do cytryn
  • wyciskarka do cytryndevice used to extract juice from lemons
Portuguese espremedor
  • espremedordevice used to extract juice from lemons
Spanish exprimidor
  • exprimidordevice used to extract juice from lemons
Swedish citruspress
  • citruspressdevice used to extract juice from lemons
Turkish limonluk
  • limonlukdevice used to extract juice from lemons
Cite this entry
APA

lemon squeezer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lemon%20squeezer

MLA

“lemon squeezer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lemon%20squeezer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lemon squeezer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lemon%20squeezer.

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