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/ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm/ · noun
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water..
The Warders strutted up and down, / And kept their herd of brutes, / Their uniforms were spick and span, / And they wore their Sunday suits, / But we knew the work they had been at, / By the quicklime on their boots.
Use quick lime when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Quick lime means Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water..
Common synonyms include anhydrous lime, burnt lime, caustic lime, lime.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Warders strutted up and down, / And kept their herd of brutes, / Their uniforms were spick and span, / And they wore their Sunday suits, / But we knew the work they had been at, / By the quicklime on their boots.
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