limescale

English

Etymology

From lime +‎ scale.

Noun

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limescale

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limescale (uncountable)

1. A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.

Derived terms

• limescaled

Translations

chalky deposit

Bashkir: шур (şur) Belarusian: на́кіп m (nákip) Chinese: Mandarin: 水垢 (zh) (shuǐ gòu), 水鹼 / 水碱 (zh) (shuǐjiǎ), 水銹 / 水锈 (shuǐxiù) Danish: kedelsten c, kalk (da) c Dutch: kalkaanslag (nl) Finnish: kalkkeuma, kalkkeutuma, kalkkiuma, kalkkiutuma French: tartre (fr) m German: Kesselstein m, Kalk (de) m Hungarian: vízkő (hu) Italian: calcare (it) m Macedonian: бигор m (bigor) Polish: osad (pl) m, kamień (pl) m Russian: на́кипь (ru) f (nákipʹ) Spanish: sarro (es) m Swedish: kalkavlagring c Thai: ตะกรัน (th) Turkish: küfeki (tr) Ukrainian: на́кип m (nákyp)