Limesand
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Limesand is a noun meaning (geology) A course sediment found in the seabed containing primarily ground up shells, sometimes used in agriculture as an acidity regulator.
Meaning
(geology) A course sediment found in the seabed containing primarily ground up shells, sometimes used in agriculture as an acidity regulator.
Example Sentences
This field had had on it about seventy loads of muck per acre, which alone did no good until an application of limesand was given.
The middle part is a limesand consisting of 15-25% recognisable shell fragments cemented by aragonite. In the whole rock there is almost no quartz. Nearer the shore the limesand is replaced by lime-mud, .
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include liming, lime, limescale, limepit, lutite, lixisol.
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