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"derived": [
{
"word": "hydraulic limestone"
},
{
"word": "Limestone County"
},
{
"word": "limestone hawksbeard"
},
{
"word": "limestone pavement"
},
{
"word": "limestone salamander"
},
{
"word": "lithographic limestone"
},
{
"word": "magnesian limestone"
},
{
"word": "mountain limestone"
},
{
"word": "scar limestone"
}
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{
"text": "a limestone viaduct",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1939 July, “What the Railways are Doing: The New Ebbw Vale Steelworks”, in Railway Magazine, page 68",
"text": "As each blast furnace uses 200 tons of limestone daily, and each limestone kiln 150 tons, a total of 730 tons of limestone has to be carried daily, in addition to limestone chippings, which are sold.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"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."
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
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"word": "bluestone"
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
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"word": "burrstone"
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{
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
],
"word": "calp"
},
{
"topics": [
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
],
"word": "coquina"
},
{
"topics": [
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
],
"word": "coral rag"
},
{
"topics": [
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
],
"word": "chalk"
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{
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
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"word": "malm"
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{
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
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"word": "marble"
},
{
"topics": [
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
],
"word": "travertine"
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{
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
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[
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"word": "lime"
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{
"word": "calcium carbonate"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gur gëlqeror"
},
{
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"roman": "ḥajar jīriyy",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَجَر جِيرِيّ"
},
{
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"roman": "ḥajar kilsiyy",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَجَر كِلْسِيّ"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "krakʿar",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "կրաքար"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "əhəngdaşı"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vapnják",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вапня́к"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ghuṭiṅ",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ঘুটিং"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "varóvik",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "варо́вик"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "htum:kyauk",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ထုံးကျောက်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "pedra calcària"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shíhuīyán",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "石灰岩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huīyán",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "灰岩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīngshí",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "青石"
},
{
"code": "nci",
"lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "tenextetl"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vápenec"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kalksten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kalksteen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalkoŝtono"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "lubjakivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalkkikivi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcaire"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calcaria"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳirkva",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "კირქვა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kalkstein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Calciumcarbonat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kalk"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asvestólithos",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ασβεστόλιθος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gir",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גִּיר"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "even gir",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אֶבֶן גִּיר"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cūnā patthar",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चूना पत्थर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "mészkő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalksteinn"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "batu kapur"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalkki"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalkkikivi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aolchloch"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cloch aoil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcare"
},
{
"alt": "せっかいがん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sekkaigan",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "石灰岩"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "äktas",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "әктас"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thmɑɑ kɑmbao",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ថ្មកំបោរ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑmbao thmɑɑ",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "កំបោរថ្ម"
},
{
"alt": "石灰岩",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seokhoeam",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "석회암"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "akitaş",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "акиташ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "hin pūn",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ຫິນປູນ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calx"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kaļķakmens"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klintis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "varovnik",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "варовник"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "batu kapur"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "pākeho"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šoxojn čuluu",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "шохойн чулуу"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pièrre dé caux"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kalkstein"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kalkstein"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcari"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calquièr"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sang âhak",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "سنگ آهک"
},
{
"code": "pjt",
"lang": "Pitjantjatjara",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "arpata"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Kaulkjsteen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wapień"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcário"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "calcar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvestnják",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "известня́к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "кре̏чња̄к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "вапне́нац"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "krȅčnjāk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vapnénac"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vápenec"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apnenec"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caliza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kalksten"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ohaksang",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "оҳаксанг"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "izwest’taş",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "известьташ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hǐn-bpuun",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "หินปูน"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rdo thal rdo",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "རྡོ་ཐལ་རྡོ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rdo thal brag",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "རྡོ་ཐལ་བྲག"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kireç taşı"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "hek daşy"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vapnják",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вапня́к"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "cūnā patthar",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "چونا پتھر"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "hak tëshi",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ھاك تېشى"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ohaktosh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "đá vôi"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calchfaen"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carreg galch"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "varóvik",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "варо́вик"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "kalkstenen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "kalkkikivinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "kalkkikivi-"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcario"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calcaria"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "Kalk-"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "wapienny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcário"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calcária"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calizo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caliza"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "batong-apog"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rdo thal gyi",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "རྡོ་ཐལ་གྱི"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rdo thal rdo'i",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "རྡོ་ཐལ་རྡོའི"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
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},
{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "made of or with limestone",
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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],
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{
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{
"word": "Limestone County"
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{
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{
"word": "limestone pavement"
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{
"word": "limestone salamander"
},
{
"word": "lithographic limestone"
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{
"word": "magnesian limestone"
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{
"word": "mountain limestone"
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{
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{
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"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
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{
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"natural-sciences",
"geography"
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{
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
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{
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
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{
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
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{
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
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{
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
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{
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"mineralogy",
"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
],
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{
"topics": [
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"geology",
"chemistry",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences",
"geography"
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}
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"word": "karst"
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"en:Minerals",
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"ref": "1939 July, “What the Railways are Doing: The New Ebbw Vale Steelworks”, in Railway Magazine, page 68",
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[
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[
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[
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"amorphous"
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"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪmˌstəʊn/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"Southern-England"
],
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],
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{
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},
{
"word": "calcium carbonate"
}
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gur gëlqeror"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥajar jīriyy",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَجَر جِيرِيّ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥajar kilsiyy",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَجَر كِلْسِيّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "krakʿar",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "կրաքար"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "əhəngdaşı"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vapnják",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вапня́к"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ghuṭiṅ",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ঘুটিং"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "varóvik",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "варо́вик"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "htum:kyauk",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ထုံးကျောက်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "pedra calcària"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shíhuīyán",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "石灰岩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huīyán",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "灰岩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīngshí",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "青石"
},
{
"code": "nci",
"lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "tenextetl"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vápenec"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kalksten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kalksteen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalkoŝtono"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "lubjakivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalkkikivi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcaire"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calcaria"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳirkva",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "კირქვა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kalkstein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Calciumcarbonat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kalk"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asvestólithos",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ασβεστόλιθος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gir",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גִּיר"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "even gir",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אֶבֶן גִּיר"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cūnā patthar",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "चूना पत्थर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "mészkő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalksteinn"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "batu kapur"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalkki"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kalkkikivi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aolchloch"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cloch aoil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcare"
},
{
"alt": "せっかいがん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sekkaigan",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "石灰岩"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "äktas",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "әктас"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thmɑɑ kɑmbao",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ថ្មកំបោរ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑmbao thmɑɑ",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "កំបោរថ្ម"
},
{
"alt": "石灰岩",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seokhoeam",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "석회암"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "akitaş",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "акиташ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "hin pūn",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ຫິນປູນ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calx"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kaļķakmens"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klintis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "varovnik",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "варовник"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "batu kapur"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "pākeho"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šoxojn čuluu",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "шохойн чулуу"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pièrre dé caux"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kalkstein"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kalkstein"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcari"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calquièr"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sang âhak",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "سنگ آهک"
},
{
"code": "pjt",
"lang": "Pitjantjatjara",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "arpata"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Kaulkjsteen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wapień"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcário"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "calcar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvestnják",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "известня́к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "кре̏чња̄к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "вапне́нац"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "krȅčnjāk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vapnénac"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vápenec"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apnenec"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caliza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kalksten"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ohaksang",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "оҳаксанг"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "izwest’taş",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "известьташ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hǐn-bpuun",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "หินปูน"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rdo thal rdo",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "རྡོ་ཐལ་རྡོ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rdo thal brag",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "རྡོ་ཐལ་བྲག"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "kireç taşı"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "hek daşy"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vapnják",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вапня́к"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "cūnā patthar",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "چونا پتھر"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "hak tëshi",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ھاك تېشى"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "ohaktosh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"word": "đá vôi"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calchfaen"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carreg galch"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "varóvik",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "варо́вик"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "kalkstenen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "kalkkikivinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "kalkkikivi-"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcario"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calcaria"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "Kalk-"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "wapienny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calcário"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calcária"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calizo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caliza"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "batong-apog"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rdo thal gyi",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "རྡོ་ཐལ་གྱི"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "rdo thal rdo'i",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "རྡོ་ཐལ་རྡོའི"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "calch"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "made of or with limestone",
"word": "calchfaen"
}
],
"word": "limestone"
}
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