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limewash en · NOUN

Etymology

From lime + wash.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A mixture of slaked lime in water, used as a paint or a paintlike coating.
    • Near-synonyms: whitewash (often coinstantial), limewater, milk of lime, pickling lime

Forms

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limewashes Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

wash · coating

Relateds

limekiln · limeburner · liming · limer

Synonyms

pickling lime · limewater · milk of lime · whitewash

Translations (7)

cs vápenný nátěr (A mixture of slaked lime in water) · tr kireçsütü (A mixture of slaked lime in water) · ota بادانه (A mixture of slaked lime in water) · et lubjapiim (A mixture of slaked lime in water) · bg бадана (A mixture of slaked lime in water) · bg варно мляко (A mixture of slaked lime in water) · cs vápenná barva (A mixture of slaked lime in water)

limewash en · VERB

Etymology

From lime + wash.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).
    • Near-synonym: whitewash (often coinstantial)

Forms

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limewashing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
limewashes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
limewashed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
limewashed Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

whitewash