a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
Used in a Sentence
lime
How to use lime in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for lime.
Editorial note
To be fair my map has all possible spaces filled with lime trees, so that is where the lag comes from.
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Quick take
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of lime gathered in one view.
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lime.
noun
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
noun
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
noun
a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
See also: birdlime
noun
any of various related trees bearing limes
noun
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
noun
the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
verb
spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
See also: birdlime
verb
cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"
Example sentences
To be fair my map has all possible spaces filled with lime trees, so that is where the lag comes from.
What Semmelweis did differently was to use lime to wash hands.
The whole point of Pyrex was resistance to heat, which you don't get with the cheaper soda-lime glass.
If you don't host your own mail server, you are a clown-personWhere can I get a pair of size 47 shoes, a banana-yellow suit, and a lime-green wig?
His explanation was good enough -- there WAS something on the hands of the doctors that was small enough and not visible that lime was able to destroy.
Semmelweis' contention was that "cadaveric particles" were making their way into patients, and that those particles could only be removed by lime.
>It was thus difficult for Semmelweis to make a "scientific" case for why the lime workedAren't you supposed to regard empiricism above all else in science?
Okay, okay, so glass is really a class of materials with widely varying strengths and some glasses like soda-lime are not very strong -- but steel is also a class of materials and there is a considerable overlap with how strong you can make glasses and how strong you can make steels.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use lime in a sentence?
To be fair my map has all possible spaces filled with lime trees, so that is where the lag comes from.
What does lime mean?
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
What part of speech is lime?
lime is commonly used as noun, verb.