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dead-burned lime

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables
dead--burned lime
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

An over-burned lime (also called overburned lime, or sometimes dead-burned lime and deadburned lime) is a lime that has been fired above 1,100° C, thus loosing its reactivity, which leads to poor or no bond strength.

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What does dead-burned lime mean?
An over-burned lime (also called overburned lime, or sometimes dead-burned lime and deadburned lime) is a lime that has been fired above 1,100° C, thus loosing its reactivity, which leads to poor or no bond strength.

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