limestone
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- noun
- /ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/
- Specialized
:
caliza
- "Well done," says Gadjiev as he appraises the pile of surplus limestone blocks.
- chalky limestone
- limestone blocks
- limestone slurry
So why not start with my return to those glowing limestone walls?
- So why not start with my return to those glowing limestone walls?
- It can happen from just natural soil, soil chemistry, things like limestone in your soil, things like a higher sand content in your soil.
- Charged all of the granite and limestone in the pyramid.
- No, I'm just like, yeah, tufa is like a thing you find especially in like limestone climbing.
Examples
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Geologists study the layers of limestone to understand Earth's history and past marine life.
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As they clamber over the high pieces of broken limestone, we see Hawkeye slipping into a crevice.
Fiction book (1992) -
- In this tunnel... The walls are solid limestone.
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The round lakes in the town were all places where the limestone earth collapsed.
Academic text (1991) -
I saw this church in Dusseldorf... made of limestone, big as a train station.
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This church is, for the most part, Spanish baroque built of native limestone.
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When the sea level dropped over the Bahamas, the exposed limestone was open to its deadly enemy... acid rain.
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The walls were made of a core of rough stone blocks faced with limestone slabs.
Academic text (2008) -
Outside of town, a previously abandoned limestone quarry lies nestled between two hills.
Fiction book (1993) -
And this very ancient wall is made of limestone bricks that are so old the mortar has fallen out from in between the bricks, leaving spaces and gaps.
Synonyms
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1.0
Hard natural stone that you find on the ground or underground
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Rock made from layers of sand, mud, or broken shells
A soft stone made of broken shells that builders use for walls
A rock made of many small round grains of calcium carbonate
A soft porous rock formed when spring water rich in calcium leaves mineral layers
Compounds
- Specialized
To heat limestone strongly to make lime by removing carbon dioxide
- Specialized
A rare small salamander that lives in limestone cliff cracks in California
How Hard
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word limestone is simply lime + stone, where lime means 'a white mineral formed from the shells and bones of sea animals'. So limestone is a rock made mostly of that lime, which is why it often has fossils of sea creatures.