quicklime

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.

Verb

To treat with quicklime.

Sinonieme

lime

burnt lime

unslaked lime

calcium oxide

calcined lime

fluxing lime

calx

limestone

caustic lime

CaO

cement

ineffaceable

inextinguishable

mortar

unquenchable

burned lime

birdlime

Vertalings

cal viva

chaux vive

Ätzkalk

cal

calce viva

gebrannter Kalk

cal viva

calç

cal virgem

Kalkerde

ungelöschter Kalk

Branntkalk

chaux

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: quyk lym

In summary

From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.