limewater

See also: lime water

English

Alternative forms

• lime water

Etymology

From lime +‎ water.

Pronunciation

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Noun

limewater (countable and uncountable, plural limewaters)

2. (inorganic chemistry) A solution of calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) in water (that is, a saturated calcium hydroxide solution), used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.

   Synonym: milk of lime (limewater sense)

   Coordinate terms: slaked lime, milk of lime (slaked lime sense); quicklime

   Near-synonyms: limewash, pickling lime

Related terms

• limeburner
• limekiln
• limer
• liming (noun)

Translations

a solution of calcium hydroxide

• Armenian: կրաջուր (hy) (kraǰur)
• Bulgarian: варов разтвор m (varov raztvor)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 石灰水 (sek⁶ fui¹ seoi²)

  Mandarin: 石灰水 (zh) (shíhuīshuǐ)

• Danish: kalkvand n
• Estonian: lubjavesi
• Finnish: kalkkivesi
• French: eau de chaux (fr) f
• German: Kalkwasser n
• Greek: ασβεστόνερο (el) n (asvestónero)
• Hungarian: mészvíz (hu)
• Japanese: 石灰水 (ja) (せっかいすい, sekkaisui)
• Korean: 석회수(石灰水) (ko) (seokhoesu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kalkvann n, kalkvatn n

  Nynorsk: kalkvatn n

• Polish: woda wapienna f
• Romanian: apă de var (ro) f
• Russian: известковая вода (izvestkovaja voda), известковая вода (izvestkovaja voda)
• Slovene: apnica f
• Swedish: kalkvatten c
• Thai: น้ำปูนใส (náam-bpuun-sǎi)
• Turkish: kireç suyu