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单词 limestone
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limestone

(laɪmstoʊn)
Word forms: plural limestones
variable noun [oft NOUN noun]
Limestone is a whitish-coloured rock which is used for building and for making cement.
...high limestone cliffs.
The local limestone is very porous.
...marine limestones.

limestone in British English

(ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn)
noun
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

limestone in American English

(ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn)
noun
a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium carbonate, often composed of the organic remains of sea animals, as mollusks, corals, etc., and used as building stone, a source of lime, etc.: when crystallized by heat and pressure it becomes marble

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Examples of 'limestone' in a sentence
limestone

You can climb to the top of it where there's a huge limestone pavement.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Pass through gap in limestone pavement cliff.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
These are spectacular limestone caves hidden underneath the castle.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There are many marvellous limestone caves on the island.
Collins Traveller - Mallorca
It is part of a complex network of hidden limestone caves.
The Sun (2008)
It was formed as a limestone cave system in the last ice age when the sea was lower.
The Sun (2008)
What one can say is that the character of the limestone hills is a product of an ancient sea.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
On the inner side of the island there are truly astonishing vertical limestone cliffs dropping hundreds of metres to the sea.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
On the other, houses back into the limestone cliffs.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
By the end of our week we had seen open fields, historic woods and limestone cliffs.
The Sun (2014)
Great white cliffs appeared, gnarled faces on giant limestone hills.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It led them to two and a half miles of beautiful limestone caves, apparently untouched by Man.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It boasts medieval pink buildings that perch miraculously atop towering white limestone cliffs at Corsica's most southern tip.
The Sun (2012)
Dinner is informal, service is friendly and the coastal path beckons, for bracing walks along limestone cliffs and red sandstone bays.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Visit tobacco farms to see leaves drying in the sun, explore nearby cave systems in the limestone hills or take horse-riding tours.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
To understand the process in which caves are formed, we must begin by examining the origins, nature and structure of the limestone rock itself.
Chapman, Philip Caves and Cave Life (1993)
It's hard to credit that trains once rattled under the sheer limestone cliffs and hanging woods where cyclists, walkers and riders now enjoy themselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

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limestone

rock

In other languages
limestone

British English: limestone /ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn/ NOUN
Limestone is a white rock which is used for building and making cement.
...limestone cliffs.
  • American English: limestone
  • Arabic: حَجَرُ الْـجِيْرِ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: calcário
  • Chinese: 石灰石
  • Croatian: vapnenac
  • Czech: vápenec
  • Danish: kalksten
  • Dutch: kalksteen
  • European Spanish: caliza
  • Finnish: kalkkikivi
  • French: calcaire
  • German: Kalkstein
  • Greek: ασβεστόλιθος
  • Italian: calcare
  • Japanese: 石灰岩
  • Korean: 석회석
  • Norwegian: kalkstein
  • Polish: wapień
  • European Portuguese: calcário
  • Romanian: calcar
  • Russian: известняк
  • Latin American Spanish: caliza
  • Swedish: kalksten
  • Thai: หินปูน
  • Turkish: kireç taşı
  • Ukrainian: вапняк
  • Vietnamese: đá vôi

Chinese translation of 'limestone'

limestone

(ˈlaɪmstəun)

n (u)

  1. 石灰岩 (shíhuīyán)
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