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lime
  1. Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
  2. Any of the trees that bear limes, especially key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
  3. A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
  4. Synonyms:
limeade
  1. (uncountable) A citrus drink made from water, sugar, and the juice of limes.
  2. (countable) A glass of this drink.
  3. (countable) A variety of this drink.
  4. Examples:
    1. “Local drinks include natural lemonade and limeade, palm wine, and beer and gin made from millet.”
      “There are decent wines by the glass, too, plus a user-friendly fresh limeade, one of the hallmarks of a proper Mexican restaurant.”
      “Instead of homemade lemonade think limeade or for the authentic Sri-Lankan version, use soda water.”
lime
  1. (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
  2. (poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
  3. Synonyms:
limekiln
  1. A furnace used to produce lime from limestone.
  2. (obsolete, figuratively) A burning sensation.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Another tale recalled an incident in 1197 when a limekiln was made at Malton Priory.”
      “Look out for the remains of what could be a limekiln just before you ford the river.”
      “By a similar stroke of the pen, a limekiln in Thrislington obtained a licence to burn fuel that was 100 per cent hazardous.”
limequat
  1. A citrus tree, a cross between a lime and a kumquat, Citrus × floridana
  2. The fruit from this tree
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the back are pots containing a fruit paradise of quinces, medlars, lemons, pomegranates, citrons, even a limequat that apparently makes a mean marmalade.”
limestone
  1. An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO3); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The geology here is alternating layers of limestone and shale topped with millstone grit.”
lime
limes
  1. A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Sailors accomplished great feats of exploration on little more than limes and weevily biscuits.”
      “Both the Prosecco and Pinot Grigio are delicate lattice works of limes and pin sharp, brilliantly balanced acidity.”
      “The limes are quartered, steamed, combined with oil fragrant with aromatic spices, vinegar and salt then stored in airtight jars.”
limecrete
  1. A form of concrete in which lime is used in place of cement.
liming
  1. An application of lime (calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide).
limeworks
limewood
  1. The wood of the lime (linden) tree.
  2. Examples:
    1. “French sculptors used limewood, walnut, and poplar, both for sculpture and for the applied arts.”
      “The altar, intricately carved in limewood, painted and gilded, represents the Dormition of the Virgin, and took its creator 12 years to make.”
      “He got up suddenly, turned to his limewood writing-table and began searching for something on it.”
lime
limes
  1. plural of lime
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Sailors accomplished great feats of exploration on little more than limes and weevily biscuits.”
      “Both the Prosecco and Pinot Grigio are delicate lattice works of limes and pin sharp, brilliantly balanced acidity.”
      “The limes are quartered, steamed, combined with oil fragrant with aromatic spices, vinegar and salt then stored in airtight jars.”
limestones
  1. plural of limestone
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The sediments include lacustrine freshwater limestones, silts, marls, occasional sands and local lignite.”
      “Among the 30 different types of stone recognized are varieties of diorite, granite, bedded tuff, sandstones, limestones, and tufa.”
      “In the Southern Central Iberian Zone there are minor acid volcanic rocks intercalated with Caradoc-Ashgill limestones.”
limekilns
  1. plural of limekiln
limewoods
  1. plural of limewood
limequats
  1. plural of limequat
limeades
  1. plural of limeade
limites
  1. plural of limes
  2. Examples:
    1. “The remains of the limites today consist of vestiges of walls, ditches, forts, fortresses and civilian settlements.”
      “The Romans never built limites where they considered themselves free to attack.”
      “As the emperor had ordered the army to stay within the limites except for punitive expeditions, they were as much a mental barrier as material.”
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