Plural of lime
regular plural
The plural of lime is limes.
Forms of lime
| Singular | lime /laɪm/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | limes /ˈlʌɪmiːz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Limes in a sentence
- Sellers moved on until he was actually trusted to operate the limes, the spotlights that can make or destroy an artist's act.1980, Peter Evans, Peter Sellers: The Mask Behind the Mask, page 30
- Even with all the sex in Garden of EVA, I still think the main stories are better for just being the lemon-scented limes that they are.1998 December 29, jiml...@earthlink.net, “[EVA][FanFic][Lemon] Garden of EVA 0:6x - Wet Dreams Bite!”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet)
- "There are many varieties of citrus including sweet and sour oranges, lemons, limes, lemon-limes, calomondin and pomelo."1989, Robert Earle Johannes, Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Collection of Essays. From the entry lemon-lime
- I will never go in a boat again without salt or limes."1952 September 1, Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 80. From the entry fish
- There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 53. From the entry breadfruit
Meaning of lime
- noun Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
- noun Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
- noun A limelight; any spotlight.
Questions about the plural of lime
- What is the plural of lime?
- The plural of lime is limes.
- Is lime countable?
- Lime is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lime (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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