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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
limestone/ˈlʌɪmstəʊn/

▶noun a hard sedimentary rock composed mainly of calcium carbonate, used as building material and in cement.

'limestone' also found in these Oxford entries:

Bath stone - calcareous - calcium carbonate - calx - causey - chalk - clint - clunch - combe - coquina - Corallian - cornbrash - cornstone - Culm - down - freestone - grike - karst - lias - marble - olm - oolite - open-hearth process - pavement - periclase - Portland stone - Purbeck marble - quicklime - rottenstone - sinkhole - skarn - turlough

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