quicklime
/ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm/
quicklime noun: calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
Noun
quicklime (countable and uncountable, plural quicklimes)
- Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
- The Warders strutted up and down, / And kept their herd of brutes, / Their uniforms were spick and span, / And they wore their Sunday suits, / But we knew the work they had been at, / By the quicklime on their boots.1898, Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol
- Considerable difficulty is experienced in several of the West Indian islands in obtaining quicklime for the preparation of Bordeaux mixture, and in keeping it in good condition when it has been procured. This has resulted in the use of slaked, or partially slaked, lime for the purpose, with the...1915 December 4, “Burgundy mixture as a substitute for Bordeaux mixture”, in The Agricultural News: A Fortnightly Review of the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, volume 14...
- Synonyms:
- anhydrous lime, burnt lime, caustic lime, unhydrated lime
Verb
quicklime (third-person singular simple present quicklimes, present participle quickliming, simple past and past participle quicklimed)
- To treat (something) with quicklime.
quicklime meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
quicklime in Hindi
- calcium oxide
- अनबुझा चूना anbujhā cūnā
quicklime in Tamil
- calcium oxide
- சுண்ணாம்பு cuṇṇāmpu
quicklime in Bengali
- a quicklime
- কলিচুন kolicun
quicklime in Malayalam
- calcium oxide
- നീറ്റുകക്ക nīṟṟukakka
More languagesFewer languages
- quicklime in Kannada
- ಸುಟ್ಟಸುಣ್ಣ
- quicklime in Gujarati
- કળીચૂનો kaḷīcūno
Synonyms of quicklime
Forms of quicklime
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | quicklimes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | quicklimes |
| present participle | quickliming |
| past participle | quicklimed |
| past | quicklimed |
Origin of quicklime
From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.
Questions about quicklime
- What does quicklime mean?
- Quicklime means calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
- What is quicklime in Hindi?
- Quicklime in Hindi is अनबुझा चूना (anbujhā cūnā). See Quicklime meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is quicklime?
- Quicklime can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce quicklime?
- Quicklime is pronounced /ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm/.
- What is the plural of quicklime?
- The plural of quicklime is quicklimes.
Words near quicklime in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: quicklime (page history and authors); কলিচুন (Bengali) (page history and authors); quicklime (Kannada 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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