limestone en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/ (General-American)
- /ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree English lime Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *stóyh₂nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone English limestone From lime + stone.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
a limestone viaduct
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.
1939 July, “What the Railways are Doing: The New Ebbw Vale Steelworks”, in Railway Magazine, page 68: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.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:Rutland (and some of the bordering ‘Notswolds’ counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire) have the same mellow, creamy limestone as the Cotswolds and boast beguiling market towns and villages that are every bit as attractive, but without the tourists or hefty prices.
2024 November 19, Nicola Venning, “Welcome to the Notswolds”, in Country Life, archived from the original on 14 May 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| limestones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Limestone Coast · scar limestone · limestone salamander · mountain limestone · limestone hawksbeard · hydraulic limestone · honeycomb limestone · lithographic limestone · magnesian limestone · Limestone County · limestone pavement
Hyponyms
chalk · burrstone · coquina · coral rag · travertine · marble · bluestone · tufa · calp · malm
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (90)
ca pedra calcària (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · bn ঘুটিং (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · uz ohaktosh (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · tk hek daşy (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · pjt arpata (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · es caliza (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · eu kareharri (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · sh krȅčnjāk (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · km ថ្មកំបោរ (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ro calcar (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · sk vápenec (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · cy carreg galch (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · fi kalkkikivi (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · el ασβεστόλιθος (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · hy կրաքար (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · cs vápenec (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · izh kalkkikivi (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · cmn 青石 (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · is kalksteinn (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ga cloch aoil (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ru известня́к (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ur چونا پتھر (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · lo ຫິນປູນ (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · de Kalkstein (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · sv kalksten (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · az əhəngdaşı (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · da kalksten (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · nrf pièrre dé caux (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · th หินปูน (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · tr küfeki (fossiliferous limestone) (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ug ھاك تېشى (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · sh vapnénac (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · et lubjakivi (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · tg оҳаксанг (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · pl wapień (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · hi चूना पत्थर (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · fr calcaire (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · hu mészkő (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · lv kaļķakmens (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · he גִּיר (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · pt calcário (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · mn шохойн чулуу (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · eo kalkoŝtono (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · sl apnenec (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · km កំបោរថ្ម (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · sh кре̏чња̄к (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · vi đá vôi (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · fa سنگ آهک (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · gl calcaria (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ko 석회석 (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · de Calciumcarbonat (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · bo རྡོ་ཐལ་རྡོ (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · uk вапня́к (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · cmn 灰岩 (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · bg варо́вик (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · cy calchfaen (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · cmn 石灰岩 (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · de Kalk (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · nci tenextetl (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · oc calquièr (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · la calx (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ko 석회암 (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · fi kalkki (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · my ထုံးကျောက် (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · tt известьташ (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · id batu kapur (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ka კირქვა (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · nl kalksteen (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · be вапня́к (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · mi pākeho (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ga aolchloch (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ky акиташ (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ms batu kapur (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · nb kalkstein (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · mk варовник (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · sh вапне́нац (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · bo རྡོ་ཐལ་བྲག (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · pdt Kaulkjsteen (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · oc calcari (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · it calcare (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ar حَجَر كِلْسِيّ (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · kk әктас (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ar حَجَر جِيرِيّ (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · izh kalkki (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · tr kireç taşı (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · he אֶבֶן גִּיר (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · sq gur gëlqeror (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · ja 石灰岩 (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · nn kalkstein (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments) · lt klintis (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments)