lime (4 letters)
lime
6
- Length
- 4 letters
- Scrabble score
- 6 points
- Frequency
- Less common
- Pronunciation
- LEYEM
What it means
- verb — spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
- verb — cover with lime so as to induce growth
- noun — a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
- noun — a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
- noun — a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
- noun — any of various related trees bearing limes
- noun — 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 — the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees