limestonelime‧stone /ˈlaɪmstəʊn $ -stoʊn/ noun [uncountable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINlimestone
ExamplesOrigin:
1500-1600 ➔ LIME1 (2) + stoneEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- Diving into woods with old limestone spoil heaps and scrubby clearings is like discovering a stash of lost gems.
- In southern Britain there are many such sudden changes mainly between clay lowlands and escarpments of chalk or oolitic limestone.
- Sections have been cut through well-preserved coral in limestone.
- Some degraded sections of higher level limestone on present reef flats may represent interglacial or Post-glacial higher sea levels.
- The limestone was deposited in very quiet water conditions, which accounts for the preservation of this delicate little fossil.
- The calcareous skeletons of this distinctive species have weathered out from the limestone matrix.
- There is little limestone left in the cave, and the existing formations tend to be dusty.
- Under dark trees outcrops of limestone form even darker shapes.
WORD SETS► Geology
Collocationsagglomerate, nounalabaster, nounanthracite, nounasbestos, nounatoll, nounbasalt, nounbasin, nounbauxite, nounbed, nounbedrock, nounberyl, nounbluff, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncarboniferous, adjectivechalk, nounchalky, adjectivechasm, nounclay, nouncliff, nouncoal, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nounconglomerate, nouncontinental drift, nouncontinental shelf, nouncore, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncrater, nouncreek, nounCretaceous, adjectivecrevasse, nouncrust, nouncrystal, nouncrystalline, adjectivecrystallize, verbdelta, noundeposit, noundeposition, noundune, noundust bowl, nounearthquake, nounelevation, nounemery, nounepicentre, nounepoch, nounera, nounerode, verberosion, nounerupt, verbescarpment, nounestuary, nounextinct, adjectivefault, nounfeeder, nounfeldspar, nounfiord, nounfjord, nounflint, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefold, nounfool's gold, nounfossil, nounfossilize, verbfriable, adjectivegeology, noungeyser, nounglaciation, nounglacier, nounGondwanaland, granite, noungrassland, noungroundwater, noungulf, noungully, nounheadland, nounhinterland, nounhot spring, nounigneous, adjectiveimpervious, adjectiveinactive, adjectiveinlet, nounisthmus, nounjasper, nounjet, nounkaolin, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandslide, nounlandslip, nounlava, nounleach, verblevee, nounlime, nounlimestone, nounloam, nounlowlands, nounmagma, nounmarble, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmatrix, nounmetamorphic, adjectivemica, nounmineral, nounmineralogy, nounmining, nounmoraine, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmudslide, nounnugget, nounoasis, nounoilfield, nounore, nounoutcrop, nounpalaeontology, nounPalaeozoic, adjectivePangaea, peninsula, nounpermafrost, nounpetroleum, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplate, nounplate tectonics, nounporous, adjectivepothole, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounpromontory, nounpumice, nounpyrites, nounquartz, nounravine, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrift valley, nounriver, nounrock, nounrock salt, nounsand, nounsand bar, nounsandstone, nounsapphire, nounscarp, nounschist, nounscree, nounseam, nounsediment, nounsedimentary, adjectivesedimentation, nounseismic, adjectiveseismograph, nounseismology, nounsettlement, nounshale, nounshelf, nounshingle, nounsilica, nounsilicate, nounsilt, nounslate, nounstalactite, nounstalagmite, nounstone, nounstrait, nounstrata, stratified, adjectivestratum, nounsubsoil, nounsubstratum, nounsummit, nounterrain, nounthermal, adjectivetopaz, nountopsoil, nountor, nountremor, nountributary, nountrilobite, nountsunami, nountundra, nounturquoise, nounvalley, nounvein, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwater table, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► chalk/limestone/granite cliffs
a type of rock that contains calcium· White chalk cliffs rose up from the sea.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► local· It was made of local limestone, not marble, and roughened by weather.· Men, who comprised the primary workforce for these activities, sometimes organized independently to exploit local marble and limestone deposits.· The portal is of local limestone and classical design, with attached Doric columns flanking the round arch.
NOUN► cliff· From Port Eynon the limestone cliffs extend for five or six miles to Worms Head.· Many feature spectacular limestone cliffs of the sort that rock climbers find irresistible.· From Flamborough Head northwards there is a stretch of spectacular limestone cliff scenery, reaching its highest point around Bempton.· Bristol is penetrated by calcium-loving vegetation growing on the limestone cliffs of the Avon Gorge.
VERB► build· The Palace, a reconstruction of which is shown in Fig. 135, was built of limestone in a little over 10 years.· The building was a prodigious limestone parthenon done in the early thirties in the Civic Moderne style.