CALCIUM CARBONATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does calcium carbonate mean?
• CALCIUM CARBONATE (noun)
The noun CALCIUM CARBONATE has 1 sense:
1. a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone
Familiarity information: CALCIUM CARBONATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CALCIUM CARBONATE (noun)
Meaning:
A salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("calcium carbonate" is a kind of...):
carbonate (a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calcium carbonate"):
dripstone (the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites)
Holonyms ("calcium carbonate" is a substance of...):
chalk (a soft whitish calcite)
calcite (a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone)
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