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quicklimes

quicklimes is the plural of quicklime.

quicklimes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of quicklime.

Meaning of quicklime

Noun

quicklime (countable and uncountable, plural quicklimes)

  1. 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

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Questions about quicklimes

What is quicklimes the plural of?
Quicklimes is the plural of quicklime.

Words near quicklimes in the dictionary

  1. quicklier
  2. quickliest
  3. quicklike
  4. quicklime
  5. quicklimed
  6. quicklimes
  7. quickliming
  8. quickling
  9. quickload
  10. quickloaded
  11. quickloading

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