LIMEWATER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("limewater" is a kind of...):

H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)

Holonyms ("limewater" is a substance of...):

black lotion; blackwash (a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores)

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