A Lemon — Vocabulary
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alcoverecessed (pushing outward from the main room) It is a beautiful room with an alcove window.more Show sample from book Cutting the lemon the knife leaves a little cathedral: alcoves unguessed by the eye that open acidulous glass to the light; topazes riding the droplets, altars, aromatic facades.† alcove → alcoves:a recessed or secluded space -- such as in a room or garden Show general definition a recessed or secluded space -- such as in a room or garden Show editor's word notes The alcove of a room is a smaller room attached to a larger room and separated by an arch or other architectural feature other than a door.
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essencedefining quality Her speech captured the essence of what the movement was really about.more Show sample from book A Lemon Out of lemon flowers loosed on the moonlight, love's lashed and insatiable essences, sodden with fragrance, the lemon tree's yellow emerges, the lemons move down from the tree's planetarium Delicate merchandise!† essence → essences:the defining or most important quality of something… Show general definition the defining or most important quality of something or: a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste
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irreduciblecannot be made smaller Waste is down to an irreducible minimum.more Show sample from book We open the halves of a miracle, and a clotting of acids brims into the starry divisions: creation's original juices, irreducible, changeless, alive: so the freshness lives on in a lemon, in the sweet-smelling house of the rind, the proportions, arcane and acerb.† impossible to make smaller or simpler without losing what is essential Show general definition impossible to make smaller or simpler without losing what is essential
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emergeemerge → emerged:became prominent China emerged as a world power.more Show sample from book A Lemon Out of lemon flowers loosed on the moonlight, love's lashed and insatiable essences, sodden with fragrance, the lemon tree's yellow emerges, the lemons move down from the tree's planetarium Delicate merchandise!† emerge → emerges:to come out, appear, or become prominent Show general definition to come out, appear, or become prominent