lime
Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxideAny inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
» Lemons and limes are acidic fruits.
Zitronen und Limonen sind saure Früchte.
Лимон и лайм - кислые фрукты.
Лимон та лайм - кислі фрукти.
Meaning
11 senses(countable, uncountable)Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
Kalk
и́звестьízvestʹ
вапноvapno
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
(countable, poetic, uncountable)Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
(countable, uncountable)A limelight; any spotlight.
(countable, uncountable)A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.
(countable, uncountable)The wood of this tree.
(countable, uncountable)Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
Limone, Limette
лаймlajm, ла́ймаlájma, зелёный лимо́нzeljónyj limón
лаймlajm
(countable, uncountable)Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
any of various related trees bearing limes
(uncountable)Any of several brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colours associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
Any of several brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colours associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
(countable, uncountable)A particular one of those colours that has been standardized under this name, at least in some organizations' standards.
жё̀лто-зелё́ныйžòlto-zeljónyj
(countable, slang, uncountable)A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon).
(Caribbean)A casual gathering to socialize.
Examples
37 sentencesLemons and limes are acidic fruits.
Лимон та лайм - кислі фрукти.
ruЛимон и лайм - кислые фрукты.
deZitronen und Limonen sind saure Früchte.
Lemons and limes are citrus fruits.
Put the lime in the coconut.
Lemon and lime are citrus fruits.
ruЛимон и лайм — цитрусы.
Heather thrives in lime-free areas.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm,From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).
Lime (17th c.) and line (16th c.) are alterations of obsolete lind, from Middle English lynde, from Old English lind, from Proto-Germanic *lindijō. The phonetic development is unusual, but it has been suggested that it began in compounds (loss of -d- perhaps before tree, the change to -m- before labials as in bark or wood). Doublet of linden, which see.
Borrowed from French lime, from Spanish lima, from Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lemon.
Either a back-formation of limer or from the derogatory term limey, a term first given to British soldiers but also used by Trinidadians for American soldiers who used to hang out idle in Port of Spain during World War 2.
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Forms
plural: limesSynonyms
20 synonyms- any of various related trees bearing limes:lime treeCitrus aurantifolia
- a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds:birdlime
- a caustic substance produced by heating limestone:calcium hydroxideslaked limehydrated limecalcium hydratecaustic limelime hydrate
- a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide:calcium oxidequicklimecalxcalcined limefluxing limeunslaked limeburnt lime
- any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber:lindenlinden treebasswoodlime tree
Word family
88 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable