lime juice

noun

The liquid extract of lime fruit, notably sour and often condensed, as used especially in food preparation.

Meanings

nounlime juice (countable and uncountable, plural lime juices)

plural lime juices · alternative limejuice

  1. countableuncountableThe liquid extract of lime fruit, notably sour and often condensed, as used especially in food preparation.
  2. countablenonstandarduncountableLimeade, a fruit juice made from limes.

    The lime juice is filled with crushed ice and sugar syrup and is perhaps the finest non-alcoholic beverage I’ve ever tasted.

    2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 205

Translations

German Limettensaft
  • Limettensaftthe liquid extract of lime fruit
Polish sok z limonki
  • sok z limonkithe liquid extract of lime fruit
Swahili maji ya ndimu
  • maji ya ndimuthe liquid extract of lime fruit
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lime juice,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lime%20juice.

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