limestone

English

From lime +‎ stone.

limestone (countable and uncountable, plural limestones)

An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.

Terms derived from limestone

abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments

Latvian: kaļķakmens m
Lithuanian: klintis m
Maori: pākeho
Norman: pièrre dé caux f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kalkstein m

Nynorsk: kalkstein m
Occitan: calcari m, calquièr m
Persian: سنگ آهک‎‎ (sang âhak)
Pitjantjatjara: arpata
Polish: wapień (pl) m
Portuguese: calcário (pt) m
Romanian: calcar (ro)
Russian: известня́к (ru) m (izvestnják)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кре̏чња̄к m, вапне́нац m

Roman: krȅčnjāk (sh) m, vapnénac (sh) m
Slovak: vápenec (sk)
Slovene: apnenec (sl)
Spanish: caliza (es) f
Swedish: kalksten (sv)
Thai: หินปูน (th) (hǐn-bpuun)
Turkish: kireç taşı
Ukrainian: вапня́к (uk) m (vapnják)
Uyghur: ھاك تېشى‎‎ (hak tëshi)
Vietnamese: đá vôi (vi)
Welsh: calchfaen

limestone (not comparable)

Made of or with limestone.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:
  
  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.

made of or with limestone

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