calcimine
calcimine noun: a form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces.
Noun
calcimine (countable and uncountable, plural calcimines)
- A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces.
- If a ceiling is peeling (from using the wrong paint over calcimine, probably; it's an old house), how do you remove all the paint down to the plaster all over the ceiling?1983 August 6, Stephanie St. John, “Advice Needed”, in Gay Community News, page 18
- Synonyms:
- kalsomine
Verb
calcimine (third-person singular simple present calcimines, present participle calcimining, simple past and past participle calcimined)
- To coat with this substance.
Synonyms of calcimine
Forms of calcimine
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | calcimines |
| alternative form | calsomine |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | calcimines |
| present participle | calcimining |
| past participle | calcimined |
| past | calcimined |
Origin of calcimine
Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”).
Words formed from calcimine
Questions about calcimine
- What does calcimine mean?
- Calcimine means a form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces.
- What part of speech is calcimine?
- Calcimine can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of calcimine?
- The plural of calcimine is calcimines.
Words near calcimine in the dictionary
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