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• present tense form of lime (3rd person singular).

limes

American  

[lahy-mees] / ˈlaɪ mis /

noun

limites plural

1. a boundary, especially the fortified border or frontier of a country.

2. (initial capital letter) Siegfried Line.

3. an ancient Roman frontier fortification.

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limes British  

/ ˈlaɪmiːz /

noun

1. the fortified boundary of the Roman Empire

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• limites
  plural

Etymology

Origin of limes

1530–40; < Latin līmes; see limit

Example Sentences

The Metropolitan Police said the fire at the site in Limes Avenue took place at around 00:15 GMT on Monday and was reported to police the same evening.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Clockwise from top left: Limes sit out to dry before being used; a volunteer glues black beans to a float; a pot of glue is ready; and a volunteer cuts dried flowers to decorate floats.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

While the plane is in flight, heat systems keep the aircraft ice-free, Limes said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2022

On the other hand Lucio Caracciolo, one of Italy's most prominent geopolitical experts and founder of Limes, a respected world affairs journal, continues to make daily talk-show appearances on private channel La7.

From Reuters • May 5, 2022

Their fare.For besides Rice, they gave them to eat with it Salt, Pepper, Limes, Herbs, Pumpkins, Coker Nuts, Flesh a little.

From An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape by Knox, Robert