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LIMEWATER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid
Classified under:
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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