Examples of 'limestone' in a sentence

Meaning of "limestone"

limestone (noun) - A sedimentary rock composed mainly of calcium carbonate, often used in construction and architecture due to its durability and versatility
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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.
  • Pertaining to or made of limestone.

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Runs through the limestone for miles.
Limestone is used to increase the pH of acidic soils.
The remains of limestone and other sediments.
Limestone pie and hot melted silver.
Only the exterior limestone shell survived.
The limestone was too frozen for the.
The castle was built of limestone on a steep hill.
Limestone dust flies into the trees.
There were also limestone kilns in the past.
Limestone rock is found in much of the parish.
Oolite is a type of limestone found in the area.
A limestone cliff runs through the city.
It was composed of limestone on all four of its walls.
A limestone refacing occurred at the same time.
It also likes a deep limestone gravel mulch.

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Local limestone was used for its construction.
Are choked up with limestone or some such.
Rare limestone lenses are sometimes also found.
Similar inscriptions are to be found on its limestone walls.
Use dolomitic limestone on soils low in magnesium.
The soil consists of chalk and limestone.
There are tall limestone cliffs on both sides of it.
Large module forced oxidation limestone scrubbers.
Contrasting limestone trim accentuates the exterior.
The elemental breakdown is consistent with limestone.
The limestone are either extremely white or grey.
The rocks are composed of limestone and cormalite.
The limestone is white and very chalky.
The magnificent church is built of white limestone.
Locally quarried limestone was used in its construction.
Limestone rock dominates the island surfaces.
Example calculation of the fineness rating of a limestone.
Corallian limestone lies beneath this area.
There is wood here below the limestone.
Local shell limestone was used as building material.
Carbonate minerals including limestone and dolomite.
The limestone portal is preceded by several steps.
The rest of the cave is formed of limestone.
Sandstone and limestone were used as building materials.
These are then concentrated and reprecipitated in limestone.
Limestone mining employs most of the inhabitants.
The building material of the church is limestone.
The limestone building has hamstone dressings.
He asked me to take him to get some limestone.
Limestone buttresses divide the wall surfaces.
Archaeologists discover a strange fossil embedded in limestone.
Gravel and limestone are produced in the area.
And they are made of enormous blocks of limestone.
The limestone flooring is embedded with fossils.
The bedrock in this area is predominantly limestone.

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