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Defenition of the word lime

    • Defenition of the word lime

      • Any of various mineral and industrial forms of calcium oxide differing chiefly in water content and percentage of constituent such as silica, alumina and iron.
      • A green citrus fruit
      • a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
      • spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
      • a caustic substance (Ca(OH)2) produced by heating limestone
      • a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
      • the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
      • cover with lime, as of lawns, to induce growth
      • any of various related trees bearing limes
      • any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
      • any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
      • a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
      • cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"
      • cover with lime so as to induce growth

    Synonyms for the word lime

      • basswood
      • birdlime
      • bottle green
      • burnt lime
      • calcined lime
      • calcium hydrate
      • calcium hydroxide
      • calcium oxide
      • calx
      • caustic lime
      • Citrus aurantifolia
      • emerald
      • fluxing lime
      • hydrated lime
      • jade
      • lime hydrate
      • lime tree
      • linden
      • linden tree
      • olive
      • quicklime
      • sea green
      • slaked lime
      • unslaked lime

    Similar words in the lime

      • lime
      • lime's
      • limeade
      • limeade's
      • limeades
      • limed
      • limelight
      • limelight's
      • limelighted
      • limelighting
      • limelights
      • limerick
      • limerick's
      • limericks
      • limes
      • limestone
      • limestone's

    Meronymys for the word lime

      • atomic number 20
      • basswood
      • Ca
      • calcium
      • Citrus aurantifolia
      • genus Citrus
      • genus Tilia
      • lime
      • lime tree
      • linden
      • Tilia

    Hyponyms for the word lime

      • American basswood
      • American lime
      • cottonwood
      • Japanese lime
      • Japanese linden
      • key lime
      • silver lime
      • silver linden
      • small-leaved lime
      • small-leaved linden
      • Tilia americana
      • Tilia cordata
      • Tilia heterophylla
      • Tilia japonica
      • Tilia tomentosa
      • white basswood

    Hypernyms for the word lime

      • adhesive
      • adhesive agent
      • adhesive material
      • citrous fruit
      • citrus
      • citrus fruit
      • citrus tree
      • cover
      • hydrated oxide
      • hydroxide
      • oxide
      • scatter
      • spread
      • spread out
      • tree

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