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lime noun

  /laɪm/
  • Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
  • Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
 lime

lime noun

  /laɪm/
  • (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
 kalk
  • (poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
 fågellim
kalciumhydroxid, släckt kalk

lime verb

  /laɪm/
  • (transitive) To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
 kalka

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lime noun {u}

limen, limerna¹
  • frukt från citrusträdet lime (1) (Citrus ×aurantiifolia)
 lime

limes noun

  /ˈliː.mɛs/
  • (historia) försvarssystem vid Romarrikets gränser
 limit
  • (matematik) gränsvärde
 limes
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