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Meaning of quicklime | Babel Free

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

العربية الجير الحيّ

Bosanski kalk vapno var вапно вар

Català calc

Čeština vápno

Dansk kalk

Deutsch Ätzkalk Branntkalk Calciumoxid gebrannter Kalk Kalkerde ungelöschter Kalk

Ελληνικά ασβέστης

Esperanto kalko

Español cal cal viva

Suomi kalkki

Français chaux vive

ગુજરાતી કળીચૂનો

Hrvatski kalk vapno var вапно вар

Հայերեն կիր

Íslenska kalk

Italiano calce viva

日本語石灰

ქართული კირი

한국어 생석회 생석회, saengseoghoe

Kurdî çal çal kalk

Македонски вар

മലയാളം നീറ്റുകക്ക

Nederlands ongebluste kalk

Polski wapno wapno palone

Português cal virgem cal viva

Română văr var nestins

Русский жжёная и́звесть негашёная и́звесть

Shqip gëlqere

Српски kalk vapno var вапно вар

Svenska bränd kalk kalk osläckt kalk

தமிழ் சுண்ணாம்பு

Türkçe kalsiyum oksit sönmemiş kireç

Українська вапно

Tiếng Việt vôi 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

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

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