Scrabble & Words with friends points
- lime is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- lime is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- lime is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8
Definition of lime
- any of various related trees bearing limes (noun)
Synonyms
- citrus aurantifolia
- lime tree
- spread birdlime on branches to catch birds (verb)
Synonyms
- birdlime
- a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide (noun)
Synonyms
- burnt lime
- calcined lime
- calcium oxide
- calx
- fluxing lime
- quicklime
- unslaked lime
- a caustic substance produced by heating limestone (noun)
Synonyms
- calcium hydrate
- calcium hydroxide
- caustic lime
- hydrated lime
- lime hydrate
- slaked lime
- any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber (noun)
Synonyms
- basswood
- lime tree
- linden
- linden tree
- a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds (noun)
Synonyms
- birdlime
- cover with lime so as to induce growth (verb)
Examples
- lime the lawn
- the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees (noun)
See definition of lime in Merriam Webster