limesand

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noun

A course sediment found in the seabed containing primarily ground up shells, sometimes used in agriculture as an acidity regulator.

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Meanings

nounlimesand (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegeographyA course sediment found in the seabed containing primarily ground up shells, sometimes used in agriculture as an acidity regulator.

    This field had had on it about seventy loads of muck per acre, which alone did no good until an application of limesand was given.

    1877, New Jersey. Legislature, Documents, page 122
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    The middle part is a limesand consisting of 15-25% recognisable shell fragments cemented by aragonite. In the whole rock there is almost no quartz. Nearer the shore the limesand is replaced by lime-mud, ...

    1968, Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, Transactions

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sandlime
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Chicago

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