limescale
English
noun
Definitions
- A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.
Etymology
Compound from English lime (mineral) + English scale.
Origin
English
scale
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Limedale English
- antiscale English
- autoscale English
- belime English
- bigscale English
- birdlime English
- broadscale English
- brooklime English
- counterscale English
- delime English
- descale English
- downscale English
- eigenscale English
- enscale English
- exascale English
- femtoscale English
- fieldscale English
- grayscale English
- greyscale English
- gyroscale English
- hammerscale English
- hyperscale English
- interscale English
- largescale English
- lime English
- lime disease English
- lime-twig English
- limeade English
- limejuice English
- limekiln English
- limeless English
- limelight English
- limelike English
- limerod English
- limescaled English
- limestone English
- limetwig English
- limewash English
- limewater English
- limewood English
- limeworks English
- limey English
- limeyard English
- limy English
- macroscale English
- megascale English
- mesoscale English
- microscale English
- midscale English
- milliscale English
- miniscale English
- multiscale English
- nanoscale English
- nitrolime English
- overlime English
- overscale English
- payscale English
- petascale English
- picoscale English
- prescale English
- quicklime English
- relime English
- rescale English
- scalability English
- scalable English
- scalation English
- scale English
- scale cube English
- scaleback English
- scalebeam English
- scaleboard English
- scalebound English
- scaledown English
- scalefish English
- scalefree English
- scalelength English
- scaleless English
- scalelike English
- scaleout English
- scalepan English
- scaleproof English
- scaler English
- scalest English
- scaletail English
- scaleth English
- scaleup English
- scaleweed English
- scalework English
- scalic English
- scalie English
- scalimetry English
- scalogram English
- scaly English
- small-scale English
- subscale English
- superscale English
- terascale English
- timescale English
- typescale English
- unlime English
- unscale English
- waferscale English
- webscale English
- whitelime English
- widescale English
- lime French
- lima Spanish, Castilian
- スケール Japanese
- ライム Japanese
- lyme Middle English
- scale Middle English
- ليم Arabic
- 萊姆 Chinese
- 라임 Korean
- ļaim̧ Marshallese
- laim Samoan Plantation Pidgin
- limy
- lime
- scale
- limey
- scaly
- relime
- unlime
- belime
- scalie
- scalic
- delime
- scaler
- scalest
- scaleth
- scaleup
- unscale
- rescale
- descale
- enscale
- limeade
- limerod
- midscale
- limelike
- bigscale
- limeless
- prescale
- scalable
- limekiln
- limeyard
- Limedale
- limewash
- birdlime
- overlime
- scaleout
- limetwig
- webscale
- limewood
- subscale
- exascale
- payscale
- scalepan
- limelight
- petascale
- mesoscale
- scalefree
- scaledown
- scalelike
- scalebeam
- scaletail
- scalation
- lime-twig
- megascale
- gyroscale
- limeworks
- nanoscale
- downscale
- antiscale
- nitrolime
- overscale
- quicklime
- terascale
- grayscale
- widescale
- scalefish
- scalogram
- whitelime
- limewater
- scaleback
- scaleweed
- greyscale
- scalework
- limestone
- miniscale
- limejuice
- brooklime
- picoscale
- typescale
- timescale
- scaleless
- autoscale
- scalebound
- eigenscale
- multiscale
- scale cube
- interscale
- broadscale
- waferscale
- femtoscale
- scaleboard
- fieldscale
- microscale
- limescaled
- macroscale
- superscale
- scaleproof
- largescale
- hyperscale
- scalimetry
- milliscale
- small-scale
- scalability
- hammerscale
- scalelength
- lime disease
- counterscale