LIMEWATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does limewater mean? 

• LIMEWATER (noun)
  The noun LIMEWATER has 1 sense:

1. solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid

  Familiarity information: LIMEWATER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIMEWATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("limewater" is a kind of...):

H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)

Holonyms ("limewater" is a substance of...):

black lotion; blackwash (a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores)