Associations to the word «Quicklime»

Wiktionary

QUICKLIME, noun. Lime, (calcium oxide), produced by heating limestone; on treatment with water it gives slaked lime
QUICKLIME, verb. (transitive) To treat with quicklime.

Dictionary definition

QUICKLIME, noun. A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide.

Wise words

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