LIME HYDRATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A caustic substance produced by heating limestone

Synonyms:

calcium hydrate; calcium hydroxide; caustic lime; hydrated lime; lime; lime hydrate; slaked lime

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lime hydrate" is a kind of...):

hydrated oxide; hydroxide (a compound of an oxide with water)

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