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About LIME
LIME is a valid word in the official Scrabble dictionary (US), the UK Scrabble Dictionary and Words with Friends (ENABLE).
Definitions
noun
- a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
- a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
- a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
- any of various related trees bearing limes
- any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
- the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
verb
- spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
- cover with lime so as to induce growth
Synonyms
Also: calcium hydroxide, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate, calcium oxide, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime, lime tree, citrus aurantifolia, linden tree.