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Noun: calcium hydroxide  'kal-see-um hI'drók,sId
  1. A caustic substance produced by heating limestone
    "Calcium hydroxide is used in the production of mortar and plaster";
    - lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate

Derived forms: calcium hydroxides

Type of: hydrated oxide, hydroxide

Encyclopedia: Calcium hydroxide