Limestone vs Whitewash - What's the difference?
limestone | whitewash |
(mineralogy) An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO?); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
Made of or with limestone.
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*: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.
A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.
* 1952 : For walls plaster gave a smooth white surface; or if it was not sufficiently white, or had become discoloured, it could be brightened up with a coat of whitewash or paint. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 157.
(sports) A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep.
* 2010 , Andrew Miller, Cricinfo :
(obsolete) Any liquid composition for whitening something, such as a wash for making the skin fair.
To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.
(idiomatic) To cover over errors or bad actions.
(dated) To repay the financial debts of (another person).
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To prevent a team from scoring any runs.
(acting) To choose white film or television actors to portray characters that were Asian, African, or other races.
(pejorative) To make over (an Asian, African, or person of another race, especially a woman) to look Caucasian.
As nouns the difference between limestone and whitewash
is that limestone is (mineralogy) an abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (caco₃); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous while whitewash is a lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.As an adjective limestone
is made of or with limestone.As a verb whitewash is
to paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.limestone
English
(wikipedia limestone)Noun
Hyponyms
* (mineralogy) bluestone, burrstone, calp, coquina, coral rag, chalk, malm, travertine, tufaSee also
* karstAdjective
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* milestonewhitewash
English
(wikipedia whitewash)Noun
(es)- For the first time in a long time, Australia are being threatened with the prospect of a 5-0 whitewash
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Verb
(es)- The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood .
- In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church .
