Limestones is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for LIMESTONES in dictionary:

NOUN:
• LIMESTONE, a sedimentary rock composed mostly of the mineral calcite
• a hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate or dolomite, used as building material and in the making of cement.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a rock that is formed chiefly by accumulation of organic remains (as shells or coral), consists mainly of calcium carbonate, is extensively used in building, and yields lime when burned

Words related to LIMESTONES

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How to use LIMESTONES in a sentence

• All sorts of limestones are composed of more or less pure carbonate of lime.
• When they hardened, the grains were pounded into hominy in the hominy-block, or else ground into meal in the rough hand-mill, made of two limestones in a hollow sycamore log.
• When a limestone contains 20 to 40 per cent, of clay, it becomes what is called a cement, and its behavior is different from that of limestones with less clay.
• Ordinary limestones are, as you know, calcined in a kiln.
• The same changes have been produced on the limestones of Greece and Asia Minor by veins containing iron ore running through them.
• These substances constitute, mainly, the limestones.
• If we could mix some of our obdurate clays with our barren limestones, the two comparatively worthless staples would probably prove remarkably fertile.

Similar words containing LIMESTONE without suffix s

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