limestone

limestone is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble.
2. noun. a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in limestone:

lemoniest, melonites, milestone

Common word forms

limestones

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