Definition of Lime

Noun

  • the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
  • any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers
    several yield valuable timber
    - linden tree - lime tree
  • any of various related trees bearing limes
    - lime tree - citrus aurantifolia
  • a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
  • a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
    - calcium oxide - calcined lime - fluxing lime - unslaked lime - burnt lime
  • a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
    - calcium hydroxide - slaked lime - hydrated lime - calcium hydrate - caustic lime - lime hydrate

Verb

  • cover with lime so as to induce growth
    "lime the lawn"
  • spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
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Unscramble lime

12 unscramble word found using the letters lime.
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