Get to know Limestone better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like rock or stone.
Limestone meaning
An abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
Using Limestone
- The main meaning on this page is: An abundant rock of marine and freshwater sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); and occurring in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
- Useful related words include: rock, stone, sedimentary rock.
- In the example corpus, limestone often appears in combinations such as: of limestone, the limestone, limestone and.
Context around Limestone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Limestone
- In this selection, "limestone" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, white, grass, maine, maine, track and vistas stand out and add context to how "limestone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 18 2024 limestone chamber of and 23 of limestone in connection. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "limestone" sits close to words such as biting, bonnie and canopy, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with limestone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And if you like adventures, you can explore limestone caves at Natural Bridge Caverns. (14 words)
But with the first four singles matches finished deciding the result, Limestone took the match. (15 words)
Cenotes are cave-like geological phenomena created by deep sinkholes in limestone with pools underneath. (15 words)
A narrow band of alluvial soils is found all along the east coast and at the mouths of the major rivers on the west coast; clay, sand, and limestone mixtures are found in the west; and shallow or skeletal laterite and limestone are located in the south. (47 words)
LIMESTONE, Maine -- Oct. 18, 2024 -- Limestone Chamber of Commerce board member Lisa Cantafio (left) and vice president Jo-Ellen Kelley stand near Boulevard Graphix, a business on Main Street that has expanded its production space in the small downtown. (39 words)
Twelve large limestone quarries operate in the Peak; Tunstead near Buxton is one of the largest quarries in Europe. citation Total limestone output was substantial: at the 1990 peak, 8.5 million tonnes was quarried. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
LIMESTONE, Maine – One of Limestone’s town clerks will serve as the town’s recreation director, a position that has been vacant for over a year.
Runners took on mixed terrain, running on field grass, limestone track and half tarmac making for a fast pace with terrific panoramas of the limestone vistas in the Peak National Park.
LIMESTONE, Maine – Limestone kicked off the holiday season Sunday with the town’s annual light parade.
LIMESTONE, Maine -- Oct. 18, 2024 -- Limestone Chamber of Commerce board member Lisa Cantafio (left) and vice president Jo-Ellen Kelley stand near Boulevard Graphix, a business on Main Street that has expanded its production space in the small downtown.
Over 100 students from Caribou’s eighth grade class and Limestone’s seventh and eighth grade classes walked four laps, totaling one mile, around the Limestone school’s running track.
Fort Fairfield and Limestone police officers arrested Joshua Ellis, 23, of Limestone, in connection with an alleged burglary that occurred at Griffith Farms Thursday evening.
LIMESTONE - Mr. Harden Slagle, 88, of Limestone, Tenn. Passed away peacefully on Wednesday February 28, 2018 at the Waters nursing home in Johnson City, Tenn.
The Garden section features a pair of Louis XVI limestone columns and a pair of French limestone sphinxes, mineral specimens and fossils.
A narrow band of alluvial soils is found all along the east coast and at the mouths of the major rivers on the west coast; clay, sand, and limestone mixtures are found in the west; and shallow or skeletal laterite and limestone are located in the south.
Chesterman and Lowe, pp. 15–16 Rocks like limestone or quartzite are composed primarily of one mineral— calcite or aragonite in the case of limestone, and quartz in the latter case.
In France, limestone was readily available in several grades, the very fine white limestone of Caen being favoured for sculptural decoration.
Jura seeAlso Creux du Van in Canton Neuchatel showing the limestone layers visible in the Jura Mountains The Jura is a limestone range running from Lake Geneva to the Rhine river.
Twelve large limestone quarries operate in the Peak; Tunstead near Buxton is one of the largest quarries in Europe. citation Total limestone output was substantial: at the 1990 peak, 8.5 million tonnes was quarried.
And if you like adventures, you can explore limestone caves at Natural Bridge Caverns.
A person points at a stack of trays holding treated limestone in Tracy, California, in this handout picture obtained on 9 November 2023.
As rainwater passes through the ground at Kelsey Head, it becomes a weak carbonic acid from the limestone deposits.
As time passed, much of the smooth white limestone casing was removed, reducing the pyramid’s height from 146.6 meters to 138.5.
As we wade and swim through the underground maze, renowned Mexican hydrologist Guillermo D. Christy points out the karstic topography, which is where erosion of the limestone has carved out the rivers and caves.
But with the first four singles matches finished deciding the result, Limestone took the match.
Cenotes are cave-like geological phenomena created by deep sinkholes in limestone with pools underneath.
Common combinations with limestone
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of limestone 29×
- the limestone 22×
- limestone and 16×
- and limestone 13×
- limestone is 5×
- porous limestone 5×
- in limestone 4×
- limestone with 4×
- limestone from 4×
- limestone cliffs 4×