lime

A small green fruit like a lemon, with a sour taste.

• Squeeze a lime into the water.
• She added lime juice to the sauce.
• Would you like a slice of lime with your drink?

Common phrases: lime juice, lime zest, slice of lime

A white material made from heated rock, used in building and to make soil less acidic.

• The farmer added lime to the soil.
• They used lime mortar to repair the wall.
• Wear gloves when handling lime because it can damage your skin.

Common phrases: slaked lime, lime mortar, add lime

A bright green colour, sometimes with a little yellow in it.

• She painted the door lime.
• The jacket comes in lime or pink.
• We chose a pale lime for the bedroom walls.

Similar words: lime green

Common phrases: bright lime, in lime, lime and blue

A defensive wall marking a northern boundary of the ancient Roman Empire.

• The lime marked the empire’s northern boundary.
• Roman soldiers guarded the lime.
• Archaeologists traced the lime through the forest.

Similar words: limes

Common phrases: Roman lime, northern lime

Made with the juice or flesh of a small green fruit similar to a lemon.

• Add some lime juice to the sauce.
• She made a fresh lime dressing.
• Would you like a slice of lime pie?

Common phrases: lime juice, lime dressing, lime sauce

Having the taste or smell of a small green fruit similar to a lemon.

• I prefer the lime candy.
• This soap has a fresh lime scent.
• They sell lime ice cream in summer.

Similar words: lime-flavoured, lime-scented

Common phrases: lime flavour, lime scent, lime candy

To add a white calcium substance to soil or another material to change or improve it.

• Farmers lime the fields in autumn.
• We limed the soil before planting.
• Should I lime this patch of land?

Common phrases: lime the soil, lime a field, lime the pasture

To cover a wall or other surface with a thin white mixture made from calcium and water.

• They lime the barn walls every spring.
• She limed the ceiling with a large brush.
• The cottage walls had been freshly limed.

Similar words: limewash, whitewash

Common phrases: lime the walls, lime a ceiling, lime the barn