limestone

plural limestones

1. countableuncountableAn abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.

   a limestone viaduct

   3 more examples

   The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

   1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

   As each blast furnace uses 200 tons of limestone daily, and each limestone kiln 150 tons, a total of 730 tons of limestone has to be carried daily, in addition to limestone chippings, which are sold.

   1939 July, “What the Railways are Doing: The New Ebbw Vale Steelworks”, in Railway Magazine, page 68

   Rutland (and some of the bordering ‘Notswolds’ counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire) have the same mellow, creamy limestone as the Cotswolds and boast beguiling market towns and villages that are every bit as attractive, but without the tourists or hefty prices.

   2024 November 19, Nicola Venning, “Welcome to the Notswolds”, in Country Life, archived from the original on 14 May 2025

   Synonyms: lime, calcium carbonate

1. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A township and village therein, in Kankakee County, Illinois.
   2. A town and census-designated place therein, in Aroostook County, Maine.
   3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alger County, Michigan.
   4. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Carrollton, Cattaraugus County, New York.
   5. A census-designated place in Rogers County, Oklahoma.
   6. An unincorporated community in Washington County and Greene County, Tennessee.
   7. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
   8. A number of other townships, including five in Pennsylvania, listed under Limestone Township.
2. A place in Canada:
   1. A community in Carleton County, New Brunswick.
   2. A community in Victoria County, New Brunswick.
3. A place in Australia:
   1. A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales.
   2. A locality in Rockhampton Region, Queensland.
   3. A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, Victoria.