Definition of "limewash" [limewash]

• A mixture of slaked lime in water. (noun)
• To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water). (verb)

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• "The interior of the roof is painted with limewash, so it reflects light very well."
• "I scrubbed at it and revealed reddish marks like the indelible bloodstains of ghost stories, white limewash-like calcium and hundreds of tiny scratches which each held some hidden secret."
• "Walls scraped of limewash by the Victorians have stayed scraped."