quicklime

Noun CEFR B2

ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm

Definitions

Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
countable, uncountable
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water
To treat (something) with quicklime

Equivalents

Españolcal cal viva

Françaischaux vive

DeutschÄtzkalk Branntkalk Calciumoxidgebrannter Kalk Kalkerde ungelöschter Kalk

31 more languages

العربيةالجير الحيّ

Bosanskikalk vapno varвапно вар

Catalàcalc

Češtinavápno

Danskkalk

Ελληνικάασβέστης

Esperantokalko

ગુજરાતીકળીચૂનો

Hrvatskikalk vapno varвапно вар

Հայերենկիր

Íslenskakalk

Italianocalce viva

日本語石灰

ქართულიკირი

한국어생석회 생석회, saengseoghoe

Kurdîçal kalk

Македонскивар

മലയാളംനീറ്റുകക്ക

Nederlandsongebluste kalk

Polskiwapno wapno palone

Portuguêscal virgem cal viva

Românăvăr var nestins

Русскийжжёная и́звесть негашёная и́звесть

Српскиkalk vapno varвапно вар

Svenskabränd kalk kalk osläckt kalk

தமிழ்சுண்ணாம்பு

Türkçekalsiyum oksit sönmemiş kireç

Українськавапно

Tiếng Việtvôi sống

Examples

“The Warders strutted up and down, / And kept their herd of brutes, / Their uniforms were spick and span, / And they wore their Sunday suits, / But we knew the work ⟳ they had been at, / By the quicklime on their boots.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

quickload quickly Quicklyism quickmatch quickmire Quickness

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