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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide;
[syn: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Calx \Calx\, n.; pl. E. Calxes, L. Calces. [L. Calx, calcis. limestone; cf. Gr. ? gravel. ?, ?, pebble, Skr. ? gravel, Ir. carraic rock Gael. carraig, W. careg, stone. Cf. Chalk.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Chem.) (a) Quicklime. [Obs.] (b) The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder. [1913 Webster] Note: Metallic calxes are now called oxides. [1913 Webster] 2. Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

calx n 1: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide [syn: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "calx": ash, ashes, brand, carbon, charcoal, cinder, clinker, coal, coke, coom, dross, fume, lava, reek, scoria, slag, smoke, smudge, smut, soot, sullage