limestone
[lahym-stohn]
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Origin of limestone
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So he and the scouts dug into a limestone hill and built a factory in record speed.
The ship, which was carrying a consignment of limestone, broke in half.
Middlebury is gorgeous, with big, open quads and limestone buildings that echo Yale's.
The soul of his output in this period: a series of 20 limestone heads, evocative of African sculpture.
Historical Examples
Shell ore, block ore, and limestone also exist in abundance.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
This "fur" is carbonate of lime, the same sort of substance as limestone and chalk.
Coral and Coral ReefsThomas H. Huxley
Limestone is even more dangerous if any pollution exists in the vicinity.
Rural HygieneHenry N. Ogden
Ten miles in less than half a day, and limestone walls below.
Falls of sandstone and limestone are repulsive to both theologians and scientists.
The Book of the DamnedCharles Fort
limestone
- a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium carbonate, deposited as the calcareous remains of marine animals or chemically precipitated from the sea: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of cement, lime, etc
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limestone
[līm′stōn′]
- A sedimentary rock consisting primarily of calcium carbonate, often in the form of the minerals calcite or aragonite, and sometimes with magnesium carbonate in the form of dolomite. Minor amounts of silica, feldspar, pyrite, and clay may also be present. Limestone can occur in many colors but is usually white, gray, or black. It forms either through the accumulation and compaction of fossil shells or other calcium-carbonate based marine organisms, such as coral, or through the chemical precipitation of calcium carbonate out of sea water.
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limestone
Sedimentary rock formed primarily of calcium carbonate, often the skeletons of small marine organisms.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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