limestone
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The meaning (definition) of the word limestone
a pale rock made from ancient sea shells
The word limestone used in a sentence
“The white limestone rocks are very old and very hard.”
Words that mean the same as limestone (synonyms)
rock
The plural of the word limestone
limestones
How the word limestone is said around the world
| French | calcaire (kahlker) |
| Spanish | caliza (kahleethah) |
| Mandarin | 石灰石 (shí huī shí) |
| Hindi | चूना पत्थर (kyoonah putuhr) |
| Arabic | الحجر الجيري (ahlhahjahr ahljeereey) |
| Russian | известняк (izvestniak) |
| Portuguese (EU) | calcário (kahlkahryuu) |
| Portuguese (BR) | calcário (kowkahryuu) |
| Japanese | 石灰岩 (sekkai iwa) |
| German | Kalkstein (kahlkshtyn) |
| Urdu | چونا پتھر (kyohnah pahtahr) |
| Punjabi | ਚੂਨਾ ਪੱਥਰ (kyoonah putuhr) |
| Korean | 석회암 (seoghoeam) |
| Hebrew | אֶבֶן גִיר (ayvaynuh geeyr) |
| Greek | ασβεστόλιθος (asbestolithos) |
| Dutch | kalksteen (kahlkstayn) |
| Tagalog | batong-apog (bahtohngahpohg) |
| Vietnamese | đá vôi (dahur vohy) |
| Turkish | kireç taşı (keerech tahshu) |
| Persian | سنگ آهک (sahng ahahk) |
| Polish | wapień (vahpyeny) |
| Ukrainian | вапняк (vapnyak) |
| Bengali | চুনাপাথর (choonahpahtawr) |
| Swedish | kalksten (kahlkstuhn) |
| Italian | calcare (kahlkahray) |
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