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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUICKLIME

From quick (in the archaic sense: living) + lime1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF QUICKLIME

quicklime  [ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUICKLIME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quicklime is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUICKLIME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Calcium oxide

Calcium oxide, commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound. It is a white, caustic, alkaline, crystalline solid at room temperature. The broadly used term "lime" connotes calcium-containing inorganic materials, in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides of calcium, silicon, magnesium, aluminium, and iron predominate. By contrast, "quicklime" specifically applies to the single chemical compound calcium oxide. Calcium oxide which survives processing without reacting in building products such as cement is called free lime. Quicklime is relatively inexpensive. Both it and a chemical derivative are important commodity chemicals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUICKLIME


beslime
bɪˈslaɪm
birdlime
ˈbɜːdˌlaɪm
brooklime
ˈbrʊkˌlaɪm
climb
klaɪm
clime
klaɪm
delime
diːˈlaɪm
glime
ɡlaɪm
lime
laɪm
outclimb
ˌaʊtˈklaɪm
reclimb
riːˈklaɪm
rock-climb
rɒk klaɪm
slime
slaɪm
sublime
səˈblaɪm
unlime
ʌnˈlaɪm
upclimb
ˈʌpˌklaɪm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUICKLIME

quick-thinking
quick-witted
quick-wittedly
quick-wittedness
quickbeam
quicken
quickener
quickfire
quickie
quickie divorce
quickly
quickness
quicksand
quickset
quickset hedge
quicksilver
quicksilverish
quicksilvery
quickstep
quickstepped

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUICKLIME

burnt lime
chloride of lime
chlorinated lime
hydrated lime
large-leaved lime
millime
pink slime
slaked lime
small-leaved lime
soda lime
the sublime
unslaked lime

Synonyms and antonyms of quicklime in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quicklime» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUICKLIME

Find out the translation of quicklime to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quicklime from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quicklime» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生石灰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cal viva
570 millions of speakers

English

quicklime
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बुझाया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

негашеная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quicklime
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কলিচুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chaux vive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kapur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungelöschter Kalk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生石灰
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생석회
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Quicklime
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vôi sống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

quicklime
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कडक मद्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sönmemiş kireç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

calce viva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

palone
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

негашене
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nestins
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασβέστη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongebluste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bränd kalk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quick
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quicklime

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUICKLIME»

The term «quicklime» is regularly used and occupies the 65.365 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUICKLIME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quicklime

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUICKLIME»

Discover the use of quicklime in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quicklime and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Innovations and Uses for Lime
The amount required for treatment was determined, using the Eades-Grimm pH test, to be 3 % for the high calcium quicklime, and 5 % for both the soft and hard burned dolomitic quicklimes. CBR (California bearing ratio) swelling and ...
Daniel D. Walker, 1992
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Popular Science
If a few ounces of quicklime mixed with water can make self-heating soup cans, we figured 500 pounds of it could create a self-heating hot tub the contents are piping hot. But it's widely available today, along with self- heating coffee and hot ...
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Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft ...
3 ANALYSIS OF THE EXCAVATION WORK WHICH ADOPTED SOIL IMPROVEMENT In excavation work of very soft clay, soil improvement with quicklime piles was performed for the purpose of control of the displacement of walls and ...
Klaas Jan Bakker, Adam Bezuijen, Wout Broere, 2013
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Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome: Innovations ...
The quicklime is very volatile before it has been slaked, and care has to be taken to keep it protected, as it is susceptible to "air slaking," which is when it reacts with the carbon dioxide and the moisture in the air. If the quicklime becomes air ...
Lynne C. Lancaster, 2005
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Dry Mix Methods for Deep Soil Stabilization
Limited tests of Boston Blue Clay utilizing binders containing hydrated lime rather than quicklime were also performed These tests showed that the strength of the treated soil increased more slowly when hydrated lime, rather than quicklime, ...
H. Bredenberg, B.B. Broms, G. Holm, 1999
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Classic Russian Cooking: Elena Molokhovets' a Gift to Young ...
Quicklime (calcium oxide) absorbs water to form slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), which is an important and cheap alkali. Molokhovets used quicklime and slaked lime to soften the textures of foods chemically and to absorb unwanted moisture.
Elena Molokhovets, 1998
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The Sand Compaction Pile Method
Masaki Kitazume. Table 4. TCLP Pb and pH upon lime and cement treatment of the Goldstone soils at different quantities added and at different curing stages. Figure 5. XPRD patterns of untreated Goldstone soil, 10% quicklime.
Masaki Kitazume, 2005
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Salters GCSE Science: Y10
2. Making. quicklime. Limestone as an alkali Limestone is used to produce a cheap alkali, which can be used to neutralise soil that is too acidic. Certain crops, such as cabbages, do not grow well in acidic soil. When limestone is heated it ...
Gill Alderton, 2001
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Chemistry for AQA.: Separate award
When limestone is heated in a furnace (known as a lime kiln) , it breaks down to form quicklime (calcium oxide) and carbon dioxide in a type of reaction known as thermal decomposition. CaC03(s) — . CaO(s) + CO2(g) Many other carbonates ...
Ann Fullick, Patrick Fullick, 2001
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A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder
different type of incendiary, viz. a mixture of quicklime with an inflammable material such as petroleum or sulphur. Such a mixture may inflame spontaneously when wetted with water, on account of the great heat generated in the hydration of ...
J. R. Partington, 1960

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUICKLIME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quicklime is used in the context of the following news items.
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Unichamp to build 2 more lime manufacturing plants
Unichamp's Palawan facility can produce 135,000 tons of quicklime and 170,000 tons of lime milk a year. The company will use limestone from the Gotok ... «InterAksyon, Mar 15»
2
City begins infrastructure improvements
Lime slakers are used for high volume lime users such as municipal water departments to create a lime slurry on site with quicklime. They are an important ... «Vicksburg Post, Mar 15»
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Ancient Mortuary That Boiled, Defleshed Corpses Unearthed
When exposed to air, quicklime is converted into a white calcium carbonate plaster similar to that found coated on the bones at Khonkho Wankane. «History, Feb 15»
4
Ancient Bolivians Used Basic Chemistry To Strip Flesh From Human …
It appears they used calcium oxide – a substance more commonly known as quicklime – to to dissolve these bodies down to the bone. The mortuary site, a ... «io9, Feb 15»
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Ancient Bolivian mortuary where corpses were stripped of flesh …
According to USA Today, when the quicklime was mixed with water, it was able to remove tissue and fat from bones. Exposure to air would then have turned the ... «International Business Times UK, Feb 15»
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Ancient mortuary sheds light on early burial rites
Inside the mortuary's stone-and-adobe walls, ritual specialists boiled body parts in pots of quicklime to help strip tissue off the bones, researchers believe. «USA TODAY, Feb 15»
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Research and Markets: World Quicklime, Slaked Lime And …
The report provides an in-depth analysis of the Global Market of Quicklime, Slaked Lime And Hydraulic Lime. It presents the latest data of the market size, ... «Business Wire, Dec 14»
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Research and Markets: European Quicklime, Slaked Lime and …
The report provides an in-depth analysis of the EU Market of Quicklime, Slaked Lime And Hydraulic Lime. It presents the latest data of the market size and ... «Business Wire, Oct 14»
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5 Insane Geoengineering Ideas That Won't Save The Planet&&Just …
... have to increase the shipping capacity and you would have to increase [limestone] mining. It would be like grinding up the Alps and turning it into quicklime." ... «Co.Exist, Apr 14»
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Why is that lake next to Route 4 in Dayton so blue? WYSO Curious …
Dayton softens its water using quicklime, this whitish stuff that's another form of limestone; essentially, the quicklime bonds with the limestone minerals in the ... «WYSO, Mar 14»

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