limewash.

A thin coating made from slaked lime and water, applied to walls and other masonry surfaces.

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Words that belong together

• pale limewash
• coat of limewash
• limewashed walls

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Pink limewash softened the rough walls of the stair hall.

Each spring, they brushed a fresh coat of limewash onto the boundary wall.

Old limewash came away in powder beneath her thumb.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. A traditional breathable finish; overlaps with lime-based whitewash, but need not be white if pigmented. Mass noun; also verb limewash, limewashes, limewashed, limewashed, limewashing.