Definitions for limestone

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limestone lime·stone

Spelling: [lahym-stohn]

IPA: /ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/

Limestone is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 559 anagrams from letters in limestone (eeilmnost).

Definitions for limestone

noun

1. a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.

Origin of limestone

First recorded in 1515-25; lime¹ + stone

Examples for limestone

limestone is even more dangerous if any pollution exists in the vicinity.

This "fur" is carbonate of lime, the same sort of substance as limestone and chalk.

The ship, which was carrying a consignment of limestone, broke in half.

Middlebury is gorgeous, with big, open quads and limestone buildings that echo Yale's.

Ten miles in less than half a day, and limestone walls below.

So he and the scouts dug into a limestone hill and built a factory in record speed.

Falls of sandstone and limestone are repulsive to both theologians and scientists.

The soul of his output in this period: a series of 20 limestone heads, evocative of African sculpture.

The soil a sharp, stony land; no limestone south of the above river.

Shell ore, block ore, and limestone also exist in abundance.