limewash

English

Etymology

From lime +‎ wash.

Noun

limewash (countable and uncountable, plural limewashes)

2. A mixture of slaked lime in water, used as a paint or a paintlike coating.

   Hypernyms: wash < coating

   Near-synonyms: whitewash (often coinstantial), limewater, milk of lime, pickling lime

Related terms

• limeburner
• limekiln
• limer
• liming (noun)

Translations

A mixture of slaked lime in water

• Bulgarian: варно мляко n (varno mljako), бадана f (badana)
• Estonian: lubjapiim
• Turkish: kireçsütü (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: بادانه (badana)

Verb

limewash (third-person singular simple present limewashes, present participle limewashing, simple past and past participle limewashed)

1. (transitive) To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).

   Near-synonym: whitewash (often coinstantial)

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