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limewater

noun

Etymology

From lime + water.

  1. inherited from *wódr̥✻ — “water”
  2. inherited from *watōr✻ — “water”
  3. inherited from *watar✻
  4. inherited from wæter — “water”
  5. inherited from water
  6. compounded as limewater — “lime + water”

Definitions

  1. a solution of calcium hydroxide in water, used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and…

    a solution of calcium hydroxide in water, used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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