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limy1 (ˈlaɪmɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , limier, limiest | |
| 1. | of, like, or smeared with birdlime |
| 2. | containing or characterized by the presence of lime |
| 'liminess1 | |
| —n | |
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Limy
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| limy2 (ˈlaɪmɪ) | |
| —adj , limier, limiest | |
| of or tasting of lime (the fruit) | |
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Example sentences
Over time, this jumble of dead corals on the sea floor was buried in an ooze of limy mud.
More common even in the driest deserts are sandstone caves eroded in part by water, particularly if the sandstone is limy.
Agatized coral occurs when silica in the ocean water hardens, replacing the limy corals with a form of quartz know as chalcedony.
Reefs were built up from the limy skeletons of corals.
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