quicklime

Questions about quicklime

What is another word for quicklime?

It depends which quicklime you mean. In the sense “a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide”, the synonyms are calcium oxide, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime. Across all 1 sense there are 7 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of quicklime?

WordNet records no antonym for quicklime. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for quicklime come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of quicklime

• Full entry for quicklimeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for quicklimeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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