Lime Synonyms

līm
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)
Synonyms:
  1. linden
  2. lime tree
  3. linden tree
  4. basswood
  5. Citrus aurantifolia
Spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. birdlime
A caustic substance produced by heating limestone
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. calcium-hydroxide
  2. slaked-lime
  3. hydrated lime
  4. calcium hydrate
  5. caustic lime
  6. lime hydrate
A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. quicklime
  2. calcium-oxide
  3. calx
  4. calcined lime
  5. fluxing lime
  6. unslaked lime
  7. burnt lime
A sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. birdlime

Words Related to Lime

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. non-hydraulic
  2. brick
  3. kiln
  4. alum
  5. charcoal
  6. clay
  7. linseed-oil
  8. gravel
  9. mortar
  10. lime-based

Lime Sentence Examples

  • Salt, lime and gypsum are abundant.

  • Opposite the castle is the Dropping Well, the waters of which are impregnated with lime and have petrifying power, this action causing the curious and beautiful incrustations formed where the water falls over a slight cliff.

  • The land around Beauly is fertile and the town drives a brisk trade in coal, timber, lime, grain and fish.

  • The ground is to be pared and burnt, and unslacked lime must be added to the ashes.

  • Next rolls Thomaston lime, a prime lot, which will get far among the hills before it gets slacked.

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