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pickling lime

pickling lime noun: limewater used as a pickling brine ingredient.

Noun

pickling lime (uncountable)

  1. Limewater used as a pickling brine ingredient.

Questions about pickling lime

What does pickling lime mean?
Pickling lime means limewater used as a pickling brine ingredient.
What part of speech is pickling lime?
Pickling lime is a noun.

Words near pickling lime in the dictionary

  1. picklewiches
  2. pickleworm
  3. pickleworms
  4. pickley
  5. pickling
  6. pickling lime
  7. pickling up
  8. picklings
  9. picklist
  10. picklists
  11. picklock

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