name · noun · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn/
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rhymes with -aɪmstəʊn
CMU ARPABET:L AY1 M S T OW2 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A number of places in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Kankakee County, Illinois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 2
A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Aroostook County, Maine.
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name
Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alger County, Michigan.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Carrollton, Cattaraugus County, New York.
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Rogers County, Oklahoma.
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County and Greene County, Tennessee.
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name
Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
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name
Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships, including five in Pennsylvania, listed under Limestone Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 9
A place in Canada:
A community in Carleton County, New Brunswick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 10
A place in Canada:
A community in Victoria County, New Brunswick.
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name
Meaning 11
A place in Australia:
A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales.
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name
Meaning 12
A place in Australia:
A locality in Rockhampton Region, Queensland.
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name
Meaning 13
A place in Australia:
A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria.
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noun
Meaning 14
An abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO3); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
a limestone viaduct
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15
noun
Meaning 15
a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rock, stone, sedimentary rock
Narrower terms: rottenstone, tripoli
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English lime Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *steyh2- Proto-Indo-European *stoyh2nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old English stān Middle English ston English stone English limestone From lime + stone.
Across languages
Translations
90 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
gur gëlqeror
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Arabic:
حَجَر جِيرِيّ
(ḥajar jīriyy)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Arabic:
حَجَر كِلْسِيّ
(ḥajar kilsiyy)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Armenian:
կրաքար
(krakʻar)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Azerbaijani:
əhəngdaşı
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Basque:
kareharri
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Belarusian:
вапня́к
(vapnják)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Bengali:
ঘুটিং
(ghuṭiṅ)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Bulgarian:
варо́вик
(varóvik)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Burmese:
ထုံးကျောက်
(htum:kyauk)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Catalan:
pedra calcària
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Chinese Mandarin:
石灰岩
(shíhuīyán)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Chinese Mandarin:
灰岩
(huīyán)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Chinese Mandarin:
青石
(qīngshí)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Czech:
vápenec
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Danish:
kalksten
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Dutch:
kalksteen
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Esperanto:
kalkoŝtono
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Estonian:
lubjakivi
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Finnish:
kalkkikivi
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Finnish:
kalkki
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
French:
calcaire
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Galician:
calcaria
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Georgian:
კირქვა
(ḳirkva)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
German:
Kalkstein
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
German:
Calciumcarbonat
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
German:
Kalk
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Greek:
ασβεστόλιθος
(asvestólithos)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Hebrew:
גִּיר
(gir)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Hebrew:
אֶבֶן גִּיר
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Hindi:
चूना पत्थर
(cūnā patthar)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Hungarian:
mészkő
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Icelandic:
kalksteinn
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Indonesian:
batu kapur
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Ingrian:
kalkki
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Ingrian:
kalkkikivi
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Irish:
aolchloch
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Irish:
cloch aoil
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Italian:
calcare
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Japanese:
石灰岩
(sekkaigan)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Kazakh:
әктас
(äktas)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Khmer:
ថ្មកំបោរ
(thmɑɑ kɑmbao)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Khmer:
កំបោរថ្ម
(kɑmbao thmɑɑ)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Korean:
석회암
(seokhoeam)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Korean:
석회석
(seokhoeseok)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Kyrgyz:
акиташ
(akitaş)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Lao:
ຫິນປູນ
(hin pūn)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Latin:
calx
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Latvian:
kaļķakmens
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Lithuanian:
klintis
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Macedonian:
варовник
(varovnik)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Malay:
batu kapur
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Māori:
pākeho
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Mongolian:
шохойн чулуу
(šoxojn čuluu)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Classical Nahuatl:
tenextetl
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Norman:
pièrre dé caux
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Norwegian Bokmål:
kalkstein
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kalkstein
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Occitan:
calcari
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Occitan:
calquièr
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Persian:
سنگ آهک
(sang âhak)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Pitjantjatjara:
arpata
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Plautdietsch:
Kaulkjsteen
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Polish:
wapień
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Portuguese:
calcário
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Romanian:
calcar
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Russian:
известня́к
(izvestnják)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Serbo-Croatian:
кре̏чња̄к
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Serbo-Croatian:
вапне́нац
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Serbo-Croatian:
krȅčnjāk
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Serbo-Croatian:
vapnénac
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Slovak:
vápenec
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Slovene:
apnenec
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Spanish:
caliza
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Swedish:
kalksten
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Tajik:
оҳаксанг
(ohaksang)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Tatar:
известьташ
(izwestʹtaş)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Thai:
หินปูน
(hǐn-bpuun)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Tibetan:
རྡོ་ཐལ་རྡོ
(rdo thal rdo)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Tibetan:
རྡོ་ཐལ་བྲག
(rdo thal brag)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Turkish:
kireç taşı
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Turkish:
küfeki (fossiliferous limestone)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Turkmen:
hek daşy
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Ukrainian:
вапня́к
(vapnják)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Urdu:
چونا پتھر
(cūnā patthar)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Uyghur:
ھاك تېشى
(hak tëshi)
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Uzbek:
ohaktosh
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Vietnamese:
đá vôi
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Welsh:
calchfaen
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
Welsh:
carreg galch
— abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments
