Lime

Quick meaning: Lime is a noun meaning (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).

Meaning

(chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).

More Meanings

1. (poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
2. (theater) A limelight; any spotlight.
3. (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
4. (transitive) To smear with birdlime.
5. (transitive) To apply limewash.
6. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.
7. The wood of this tree.

Example Sentences

If I were you, I'd lime.

Like the lime which foolish birds are caught with.

Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest.

Sellers moved on until he was actually trusted to operate the limes, the spotlights that can make or destroy an artist's act.

Word Forms

• limes
• liming
• limed

Synonyms for lime

Depending on context, synonyms include linden, calx, birdlime, quicklime, basswood, lime tree.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quicklime, calx, linden, basswood, birdlime, lime tree.

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