Meaning of limesand | Babel Free

Definitions

A course sediment found in the seabed containing primarily ground up shells, sometimes used in agriculture as an acidity regulator.

uncountable

Examples

“This field had had on it about seventy loads of muck per acre, which alone did no good until an application of limesand was given.”

“The middle part is a limesand consisting of 15-25% recognisable shell fragments cemented by aragonite. In the whole rock there is almost no quartz. Nearer the shore the limesand is replaced by lime-mud, ...”

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