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Calcium hydroxide, a fine, white inorganic compound produced through the hydration of quicklime, and is extensively used in the manufacture of mortar and cement, as well as in a wide range of industrial processes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cal, milk of lime
Antonyms: none provided
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calcium hydroxide, lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hydroxide, hydrated oxide
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Assamese:
চূণ
(sun)
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Chinese Mandarin:
熟石灰
(shúshíhuī)
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Chinese Mandarin:
消石灰
(xiāoshíhuī)
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Czech:
hašené vápno
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Estonian:
kustutatud lubi
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Estonian:
kalkkivi
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Finnish:
sammutettu kalkki
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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French:
chaux éteinte
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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German:
Löschkalk
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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German:
Weißkalkhydrat
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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German:
Kalkhydrat
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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German:
Calciumhydroxid
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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German:
Sumpfkalk
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Hungarian:
oltott mész
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Irish:
aol teilgthe
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Irish:
aol sceite
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Malayalam:
ചുണ്ണാമ്പ്
(cuṇṇāmpŭ)
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Polish:
wapno gaszone
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Polish:
wapno lasowane
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Russian:
гашёная и́звесть
(gašónaja ízvestʹ)
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Swedish:
släckt kalk
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Tamil:
சுண்ணாம்பு
(cuṇṇāmpu)
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
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Thai:
ปูนขาว
(pūn k̄hāw)
— calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
