limestone
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[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪmstəʊn
Noun
[edit]limestone (countable and uncountable, plural limestones)
- An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO3); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
- a limestone viaduct
- 1939 July, “What the Railways are Doing: The New Ebbw Vale Steelworks”, in Railway Magazine, page 68:
- As each blast furnace uses 200 tons of limestone daily, and each limestone kiln 150 tons, a total of 730 tons of limestone has to be carried daily, in addition to limestone chippings, which are sold.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
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[edit]abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
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