Usually means: Sedimentary rock primarily composed calcium.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. limestone: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. limestone: Merriam-Webster
  3. limestone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. limestone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. limestone: Collins English Dictionary
  6. limestone: Vocabulary.com
  7. LImestone, Limestone, limestone: Wordnik
  8. limestone: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. limestone: Wiktionary
  10. limestone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. limestone: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. limestone: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. limestone: Dictionary.com
  14. Limestone (disambiguation), Limestone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Limestone: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. limestone: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. limestone: Rhymezone
  18. Limestone: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. limestone: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. limestone: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. limestone: FreeDictionary.org
  22. limestone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. limestone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. limestone: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Limestone (mineral), limestone: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Limestone (mineral), limestone: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. limestone: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  3. limestone: Natural History Terms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. limestone: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. LIMESTONE: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  3. Illustrated Glass Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Limestone: Pottery Studio
  7. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A township and village therein, in Kankakee County, Illinois.
noun:  A town and census-designated place therein, in Aroostook County, Maine.
noun:  A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alger County, Michigan.
noun:  A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Carrollton, Cattaraugus County, New York.
noun:  A census-designated place in Rogers County, Oklahoma.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Washington County and Greene County, Tennessee.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
noun:  A number of other townships, including five in Pennsylvania, listed under Limestone Township.
noun:  A place in Canada:
noun:  A community in Carleton County, New Brunswick.
noun:  A community in Victoria County, New Brunswick.
noun:  A place in Australia:
noun:  A locality in Rockhampton Region, Queensland.
noun:  A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria.

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