limewash
limewash noun: a mixture of slaked lime in water, used as a paint or a paintlike coating.
Noun
limewash (countable and uncountable, plural limewashes)
- A mixture of slaked lime in water, used as a paint or a paintlike coating.
- Near-synonyms: whitewash (often coinstantial), limewater, milk of lime, pickling lime
- Synonyms:
- whitewash, limewater, milk of lime, pickling lime
Verb
limewash (third-person singular simple present limewashes, present participle limewashing, simple past and past participle limewashed)
- To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).
- Near-synonym: whitewash (often coinstantial)
- Synonyms:
- whitewash
limewash meaning in Tamil and Urdu
limewash in Tamil
- பூச்சுச் சுண்ணம்
limewash in Urdu
- چونے کی قلعی
Synonyms of limewash
Forms of limewash
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | limewashes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | limewashes |
| present participle | limewashing |
| past participle | limewashed |
| past | limewashed |
Origin of limewash
From lime + wash.
Questions about limewash
- What does limewash mean?
- Limewash means a mixture of slaked lime in water, used as a paint or a paintlike coating.
- What is limewash in Tamil?
- Limewash in Tamil is பூச்சுச் சுண்ணம். See Limewash meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is limewash?
- Limewash can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of limewash?
- The plural of limewash is limewashes.
Words near limewash in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: limewash (page history and authors); limewash (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); limewash (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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