Meaning

2 senses

  1. Resembling, containing, or composed of calcium carbonate or limestone; chalky.

    известко́выйizvestkóvyj

    composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk

  2. Growing in a chalky habitat.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
resembling or containing limestone:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius (“of or pertaining to lime”), derived from calx (“l

Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius (“of or pertaining to lime”), derived from calx (“lime”). Similar to calcium.

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Forms

more calcareous, most calcareous
Comparativemore calcareous Lesson
Superlativemost calcareous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk:chalky

Word family

10 related words
Relatedcalciferouscalcium carbonate
Derivedcalcareouslycalcareousnesscalcareous spongecorneo-calcareousnoncalcareoussemicalcareoussubcalcareousuncalcareous

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cakeA1calabashcalamityC2calciumcalculateB1calculationB1calculatorB1
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