limewater

1. 1.

   solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid

   Broaderwater

Other forms of limewater

plural

limewaters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about limewater

What does limewater mean?

limewater means "solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid".

How many syllables are in limewater?

limewater has 4 syllables and divides as li-me-wa-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.