💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shell lime"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| limesandnoun | (geology) A course sediment found in the seabed containing primarily ground up shells, sometimes used in agriculture as an acidity regulator. |
| lime pitnoun | A limestone quarry. |
| lime-kilnnoun | Alternative form of limekiln. [A furnace used to produce lime from limestone.] |
| caustic limenoun | quicklime |
| limenoun | (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). |
| quick limenoun | Alternative spelling of quicklime. [Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.] |
| limekilnnoun | A furnace used to produce lime from limestone. |
| quicklimenoun | Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water. |
| hydraulic limenoun | quicklime obtained from hydraulic limestone, and used for cementing underwater, etc. |
| limingnoun | An application of lime (calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide). |
| lime kilnnoun | Alternative form of limekiln. [A furnace used to produce lime from limestone.] |
| dolimenoun | Dolomitic lime, which is produced by heating (calcining) dolomitic limestone. |
| pearl-ashnoun | A gray-white powder, having chemical properties of quicklime, made by heating mollusk shells to a temperature sufficient to calcine the material. |
| soda-limenoun | A mixture of caustic soda and quicklime. |
| milk of limenoun | (obsolete) Calcium hydroxide. |
| cream of limenoun | A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water. |
| carbonate of limenoun | Calcium carbonate. |
| limeyardnoun | An area where lime is mined, processed, or kept |
| limepitnoun | Alternative form of lime pit. [A limestone quarry.] |
| slaked limenoun | Calcium hydroxide, a soft white powder, produced by adding water to quicklime. It is used in making mortar and cement, and has many industrial uses. |
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