Definition of limestone in English:

limestone

noun ˈlʌɪmstəʊnˈlaɪmˌstoʊn

mass noun

A hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate or dolomite, used as building material and in the making of cement.
Example sentencesExamples
- The limestones include dolomitic mudstones, wackestones, packstones and grainstones.
- In Jamaica, extensive bauxite deposits are found overlying limestone and dolomite.
- Turkish and Italian limestone, for example, is harder than English limestone.
- The unit consists of limestone or calcareous mudstone and was deposited in a fully marine environment.
- At Elephant Hill, the depositional facies below and above the palaeokarst include two major types: fenestral limestones and dark grey limestones.
- Everywhere sounded the drip of icewater, rubbing away at banded marble and rough limestone.
- Grotte Pere-Noel lies under woodland with a brown forest soil on Devonian limestones and dolomite.
- In the Southern Central Iberian Zone there are minor acid volcanic rocks intercalated with Caradoc-Ashgill limestones.
- Mylonitic limestones are particularly useful rocks for studying deformation mechanisms and fabrics in carbonate rocks.
- Sporadic outcrops of ophiolite lithologies are surrounded by shale and limestone.
- Geologists will thrill to the revelation of the layers of limestone, shale and sandstone.
- The limestone is highly fractured and contains abundant calcite and quartz veins.
- Locally, near the village of Timirovo, the limestones are intercalated with arkosic sandstones.
- The geology here is alternating layers of limestone and shale topped with millstone grit.
- Glaciers have deposited shale, slate, schist, and limestone throughout the region.
- To the east is a range of hills with limestone and sandstone plateaux, and on the east bank of the Gulf of Suez is the Sinai desert.
- They are interbedded with bioturbated muddy and sandy limestones, quartz-skeletal siltstones and sandstones.
- It was here they built their homestead of local stone and limestone carted in from further out on the run.
- Thanks to the Grassington Festival I have learnt to build dry stone walls in limestone as he would have done.
- They are mainly bioclastic limestones, containing abundant fossils and fossil fragments.

Definition of limestone in US English:

limestone

nounˈlaɪmˌstoʊnˈlīmˌstōn

A hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate or dolomite, used as building material and in the making of cement.
Example sentencesExamples
- Thanks to the Grassington Festival I have learnt to build dry stone walls in limestone as he would have done.
- In the Southern Central Iberian Zone there are minor acid volcanic rocks intercalated with Caradoc-Ashgill limestones.
- Geologists will thrill to the revelation of the layers of limestone, shale and sandstone.
- It was here they built their homestead of local stone and limestone carted in from further out on the run.
- In Jamaica, extensive bauxite deposits are found overlying limestone and dolomite.
- They are mainly bioclastic limestones, containing abundant fossils and fossil fragments.
- Turkish and Italian limestone, for example, is harder than English limestone.
- Glaciers have deposited shale, slate, schist, and limestone throughout the region.
- The unit consists of limestone or calcareous mudstone and was deposited in a fully marine environment.
- To the east is a range of hills with limestone and sandstone plateaux, and on the east bank of the Gulf of Suez is the Sinai desert.
- Sporadic outcrops of ophiolite lithologies are surrounded by shale and limestone.
- At Elephant Hill, the depositional facies below and above the palaeokarst include two major types: fenestral limestones and dark grey limestones.
- Mylonitic limestones are particularly useful rocks for studying deformation mechanisms and fabrics in carbonate rocks.
- The limestone is highly fractured and contains abundant calcite and quartz veins.
- They are interbedded with bioturbated muddy and sandy limestones, quartz-skeletal siltstones and sandstones.
- Everywhere sounded the drip of icewater, rubbing away at banded marble and rough limestone.
- The limestones include dolomitic mudstones, wackestones, packstones and grainstones.
- Locally, near the village of Timirovo, the limestones are intercalated with arkosic sandstones.
- The geology here is alternating layers of limestone and shale topped with millstone grit.
- Grotte Pere-Noel lies under woodland with a brown forest soil on Devonian limestones and dolomite.

单词	limestone
释义	Definition of limestone in English: limestone noun ˈlʌɪmstəʊnˈlaɪmˌstoʊn mass noun A hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate or dolomite, used as building material and in the making of cement. Example sentencesExamples The limestones include dolomitic mudstones, wackestones, packstones and grainstones. In Jamaica, extensive bauxite deposits are found overlying limestone and dolomite. Turkish and Italian limestone, for example, is harder than English limestone. The unit consists of limestone or calcareous mudstone and was deposited in a fully marine environment. At Elephant Hill, the depositional facies below and above the palaeokarst include two major types: fenestral limestones and dark grey limestones. Everywhere sounded the drip of icewater, rubbing away at banded marble and rough limestone. Grotte Pere-Noel lies under woodland with a brown forest soil on Devonian limestones and dolomite. In the Southern Central Iberian Zone there are minor acid volcanic rocks intercalated with Caradoc-Ashgill limestones. Mylonitic limestones are particularly useful rocks for studying deformation mechanisms and fabrics in carbonate rocks. Sporadic outcrops of ophiolite lithologies are surrounded by shale and limestone. Geologists will thrill to the revelation of the layers of limestone, shale and sandstone. The limestone is highly fractured and contains abundant calcite and quartz veins. Locally, near the village of Timirovo, the limestones are intercalated with arkosic sandstones. The geology here is alternating layers of limestone and shale topped with millstone grit. Glaciers have deposited shale, slate, schist, and limestone throughout the region. To the east is a range of hills with limestone and sandstone plateaux, and on the east bank of the Gulf of Suez is the Sinai desert. They are interbedded with bioturbated muddy and sandy limestones, quartz-skeletal siltstones and sandstones. It was here they built their homestead of local stone and limestone carted in from further out on the run. Thanks to the Grassington Festival I have learnt to build dry stone walls in limestone as he would have done. They are mainly bioclastic limestones, containing abundant fossils and fossil fragments. Definition of limestone in US English: limestone nounˈlaɪmˌstoʊnˈlīmˌstōn A hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate or dolomite, used as building material and in the making of cement. Example sentencesExamples Thanks to the Grassington Festival I have learnt to build dry stone walls in limestone as he would have done. In the Southern Central Iberian Zone there are minor acid volcanic rocks intercalated with Caradoc-Ashgill limestones. Geologists will thrill to the revelation of the layers of limestone, shale and sandstone. It was here they built their homestead of local stone and limestone carted in from further out on the run. In Jamaica, extensive bauxite deposits are found overlying limestone and dolomite. They are mainly bioclastic limestones, containing abundant fossils and fossil fragments. Turkish and Italian limestone, for example, is harder than English limestone. Glaciers have deposited shale, slate, schist, and limestone throughout the region. The unit consists of limestone or calcareous mudstone and was deposited in a fully marine environment. To the east is a range of hills with limestone and sandstone plateaux, and on the east bank of the Gulf of Suez is the Sinai desert. Sporadic outcrops of ophiolite lithologies are surrounded by shale and limestone. At Elephant Hill, the depositional facies below and above the palaeokarst include two major types: fenestral limestones and dark grey limestones. Mylonitic limestones are particularly useful rocks for studying deformation mechanisms and fabrics in carbonate rocks. The limestone is highly fractured and contains abundant calcite and quartz veins. They are interbedded with bioturbated muddy and sandy limestones, quartz-skeletal siltstones and sandstones. Everywhere sounded the drip of icewater, rubbing away at banded marble and rough limestone. The limestones include dolomitic mudstones, wackestones, packstones and grainstones. Locally, near the village of Timirovo, the limestones are intercalated with arkosic sandstones. The geology here is alternating layers of limestone and shale topped with millstone grit. Grotte Pere-Noel lies under woodland with a brown forest soil on Devonian limestones and dolomite.
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