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quicklime

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anhydrous lime, burnt lime, caustic lime, unhydrated lime

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lime

2

verb

Meaning 2

To treat (something) with quicklime.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: calcium oxide, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: oxide

History

Etymology

From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gëlqere — calcium oxide
  • Armenian: կիր (kir) — calcium oxide
  • Belarusian: ва́пна (vápna) — calcium oxide
  • Bulgarian: негасена вар (negasena var) — calcium oxide
  • Catalan: calç — calcium oxide
  • Catalan: calcina — calcium oxide
  • Chechen: кир (kir) — calcium oxide
  • Chinese Mandarin: 石灰 (shíhuī) — calcium oxide
  • Czech: vápno — calcium oxide
  • Czech: pálené vápno — calcium oxide
  • Danish: kalk — calcium oxide
  • Dutch: ongebluste kalk — calcium oxide
  • Esperanto: kalko — calcium oxide
  • Estonian: põletatud lubi — calcium oxide
  • Estonian: kustutamata lubi — calcium oxide
  • Finnish: kalkki — calcium oxide
  • French: chaux vive — calcium oxide
  • Georgian: კირი (ḳiri) — calcium oxide
  • German: gebrannter Kalk — calcium oxide
  • German: Branntkalk — calcium oxide
  • German: ungelöschter Kalk — calcium oxide
  • German: Kalkerde — calcium oxide
  • German: Ätzkalk — calcium oxide
  • German: Calciumoxid — calcium oxide
  • Ancient Greek: ἄσβεστος (ásbestos) — calcium oxide
  • Gujarati: કળીચૂનો (kaḷīcūno) — calcium oxide
  • Hindi: अनबुझा चूना (anbujhā cūnā) — calcium oxide
  • Hungarian: oltatlan/égetett mész — calcium oxide
  • Icelandic: kalk — calcium oxide
  • Ido: kalko — calcium oxide
  • Ingush: кир (kir) — calcium oxide
  • Irish: aol beo — calcium oxide
  • Italian: calce viva — calcium oxide
  • Japanese: 石灰 (sekkai) — calcium oxide
  • Korean: 생석회, saengseoghoe (saengseokhoe, saengseoghoe) — calcium oxide
  • Latvian: kaļķis — calcium oxide
  • Laz: კირი (ǩiri) — calcium oxide
  • Macedonian: вар (var) — calcium oxide
  • Malayalam: നീറ്റുകക്ക (nīṟṟukakka) — calcium oxide
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brent kalk — calcium oxide
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ulesket kalk — calcium oxide
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kalsiumoksid — calcium oxide
  • Polish: wapno — calcium oxide
  • Polish: wapno palone — calcium oxide
  • Polish: wapno niegaszone — calcium oxide
  • Portuguese: cal virgem — calcium oxide
  • Portuguese: cal viva — calcium oxide
  • Romanian: var — calcium oxide
  • Romanian: var nestins — calcium oxide
  • Russian: негашёная и́звесть (negašónaja ízvestʹ) — calcium oxide
  • Russian: жжёная и́звесть (žžónaja ízvestʹ) — calcium oxide
  • Campidanese Sardinian: carcína — calcium oxide
  • Sardinian: calchína — calcium oxide
  • Serbo-Croatian: вапно — calcium oxide
  • Serbo-Croatian: vapno — calcium oxide
  • Spanish: cal viva — calcium oxide
  • Spanish: cal — calcium oxide
  • Swedish: kalk — calcium oxide
  • Swedish: bränd kalk — calcium oxide
  • Swedish: osläckt kalk — calcium oxide
  • Tamil: சுண்ணாம்பு (cuṇṇāmpu) — calcium oxide
  • Turkish: kalsiyum oksit — calcium oxide
  • Turkish: sönmemiş kireç — calcium oxide
  • Turkish: yanmış kireç — calcium oxide
  • Ukrainian: ва́пно (vápno) — calcium oxide
  • Ukrainian: палене ва́пно (palene vápno) — calcium oxide
  • Ukrainian: негашене ва́пно (nehašene vápno) — calcium oxide
  • Welsh: calch brwd — calcium oxide