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LIME HYDRATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lime hydrate mean?
• LIME HYDRATE (noun)
The noun LIME HYDRATE has 1 sense:
1. a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
Familiarity information: LIME HYDRATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A caustic substance produced by heating limestone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
calcium hydrate; calcium hydroxide; caustic lime; hydrated lime; lime; lime hydrate; slaked lime
Hypernyms ("lime hydrate" is a kind of...):
hydrated oxide; hydroxide (a compound of an oxide with water)
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