Calcimine Definition

kalsəmīn, kalsəmin
calcimine, calcimining
noun
A white or tinted liquid of whiting or zinc white, glue, and water, used as a wash chiefly for plastered surfaces.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To coat with calcimine.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Calcimine

Noun

Singular:
calcimine
Plural:
calcimines

Origin of Calcimine

  • Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Originally a trademark

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

CCACAL

Words Ending With

ENEINE

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calcimine

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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