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Definition of quicklime in English: quicklimenoun ˈkwɪklʌɪmˈkwɪkˌlaɪm mass nounA white caustic alkaline substance consisting of calcium oxide, which is obtained by heating limestone and which combines with water with the production of much heat; lime.
Derivatives adjectivelimier, limiest ˈlʌɪmiˈlaɪmi Tayside is famed for its raspberries, although no one is sure whether their good taste is due to the climate or the limy soil. Example sentencesExamples - In the garden it likes sun or partial shade and well-drained acid soil - like most Ericas it dislikes being grown in limy conditions.
- The stone that makes up the cliff face is known as limy sandstone, a sedimentary rock.
- Limy soil does not affect the colour of their flowers as it does mopheads (blue mopheads tend to turn pink in limy soils).
- I'm not sure whether my soil is limy or suitable for rhododendrons.
adjective
Origin Late Middle English: from quick + lime, after Latin calx viva or Anglo-Norman French chaux vive. lemon from Middle English: The root of lemon and also lime (mid 17th century) is an Arabic word, lim, that was a collective term for citrus fruit. On fruit machines the lemon is the least valuable symbol, and this may be behind the answer is a lemon ‘the response or outcome is unsatisfactory’. Especially in the USA, a lemon may be a substandard or defective car, of the type all too often bought from shady used-car dealers.
Rhymes begrime, Chaim, chime, climb, clime, crime, dime, grime, half-time, I'm, mime, mistime, part-time, prime, rhyme, rime, slime, sublime, sub-prime, thyme, time Definition of quicklime in US English: quicklimenounˈkwikˌlīmˈkwɪkˌlaɪm A white caustic alkaline substance consisting of calcium oxide, which is obtained by heating limestone and which combines with water with the production of much heat; lime.
Origin Late Middle English: from quick + lime, after Latin calx viva or Anglo-Norman French chaux vive. |