Lime vs Melon - What's the difference?
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(chemistry) A general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide; quicklime.
* 1952 , L.F. Salzman, Building in England , page 149.
(poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
* 1610 , , by (William Shakespeare), act 4 scene 1
* (rfdate) Wordsworth
To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
To smear with birdlime.
# (rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
#* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,
To apply limewash
A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia , especially ; the linden tree, or its wood.
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Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
Any of the trees that bear limes, especially key lime, .
A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
Containing lime or lime juice.
Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
Lime-green.
(West Indies) To hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.
(anime) A fan fiction story that stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity, with the intimacy left to the reader's imagination.
(countable) Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
# Genus Cucurbita , various musk melons, including the honeydew and the cantaloupes, and the horned melon.
# Genus , the watermelon and others
# Genus Benincasa , a winter melon
# Genus , the bitter melon
(uncountable) The fruit of such plants.
(uncountable) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.
(in the plural, slang) Breasts.
* 2013 , K. L. Brady, Got a Right to Be Wrong (page 107)
(countable, slang) The head.
(countable, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
(countable) A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.
Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.
(chemistry) The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
In chemistry terms the difference between lime and melon
is that lime is a general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide; quicklime while melon is the result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.As a verb lime
is to treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).lime
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
- Lime , which is the product of the burning of chalk or limestone, might be bought ready burnt, or it could be burnt in kilns specially constructed in the neighbourhood of the building operations.
- Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest.
- Like the lime that foolish birds are caught with.
Derived terms
* chloride of lime * delime * limekiln * limelight * limelighter * limescale * limestone * limewater * limeworking * quicklime * slaked lime * soda lime * unslaked lime * white limeSee also
* asbestos * calcareous * calcify * calcine * calcium * calcium hydroxide * calcspar * calc-tufa * calculus * calx * chalkVerb
(lim)- URSULA. She's lim'd , I warrant you: we have caught her, madam.
- HERO. If it prove so, then loving goes by haps:
- Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Etymology 2
An alteration of line, a variant form of lind.Noun
(en noun)- she looked before her, not consciously seeing, but absorbing into the intensity of her mood, the solemn glory of the afternoon with its long swathes of light between the far-off rows of limes , whose shadows touched each other.
Usage notes
* Both this and the citrus are trees with fragrant flowers, but this is more temperate and the citrus is more tropical and subtropical. Outside of Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, the citrus sense is much more commonEtymology 3
From (etyl) lime, from (etyl) lima, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* key lime * key lime pie * lemon lime * lemon and lime * limeade * lime-green * lime juice * lime-juicer * limequat * lime tree looper * limey * Persian limeSee also
* fur up * gimlet * lemon * plaster * sour *Usage notes
* Both this and the linden are trees with fragrant flowers, but the linden is more temperate and this is more tropical and subtropical. Outside of Europe and adjoining parts of Asia, this sense is much more commonAdjective
(-)Etymology 4
Back-formation from limer.Verb
(lim)Etymology 5
From lime'' (the fruit) as comparable to ''lemon (a more explicit rating in anime).Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----melon
English
(wikipedia melon)Etymology 1
(etyl) melon, from .Noun
- “Wait a minute.” I said. “James with another woman? Mommy, that doesn't even sound right?” “It's true. I caught him squeezing her melons .”