calç — meaning in English
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English meaning
- lime noun A small, round, green citrus fruit with a sharp, tart flavor.
Senses
calç is used for these senses in English:
- calque (linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
- lime (chemistry) Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
- quicklime Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
lime — full definition
- noun A small, round, green citrus fruit with a sharp, tart flavor.
- noun A bright, slightly yellowish-green color.
- noun Calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide, used in construction, farming, and industry.
- noun A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, also called the linden — unrelated to the citrus tree.
- verb To treat soil or material with lime (the mineral).