lemonade

[lem-uh-neyd, lem-uh-neyd] /ˌlɛm əˈneɪd, ˈlɛm əˌneɪd/

noun

a beverage consisting of lemon juice, sweetener, and water, sometimes carbonated.

Origin

1655-65; lemon + -ade¹, modeled on French limonade or Spanish limonada

Examples from the web for lemonade

Many of the neighbors of all ages would congregate at dusk, set up deck chairs, sip lemonade and enjoy the spectacle.
Fill the gloves with the green-colored, sugar-free lemonade and tie them securely at the wrists with string or a rubber band.
In the back of the house, pink lemonade and sweet tea are served with old-fashioned southern hospitality.
Traditionally port drinkers were either aristocrats sipping vintage or charladies in pubs slurping cheap ruby port with lemonade.
He has never even run a lemonade stand, so has no ken of how business succeeds.
The financial-services industry made lemonade from these lemons.
He keeps eating the bait out of the trap, knocks everything off the workbench and dumped over my husband's mug of lemonade.
She went into the kitchen to make a pitcher of lemonade.
After his swim he'll push the button on the spout and fill up a paper cup with pink lemonade.
He will take me to town on the tractor and buy me red lemonade and crisps.

British Dictionary definitions for lemonade

/ˌlɛməˈneɪd/

noun

a drink made from lemon juice, sugar, and water or from carbonated water, citric acid, etc

Word Origin and History for lemonade

1660s, from French limonade (17c.); see lemon (n.1) + -ade. Earlier English spelling was lemonado (c.1640) with false Spanish ending.