soft limestone

collocation in English

meaningsofsoftandlimestone

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soft
adjective
uk
/sɒft/us
/sɑːft/
not hard ...
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limestone
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlaɪm.stəʊn/us
/ˈlaɪm.stoʊn/
a white or light grey rock that is used as a building material and in the making ...
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(Definition ofsoftandlimestonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some years ago it issued a booklet on the use of coral and othersoftlimestonein road building.
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Sulphur dioxide has little effect on hard limestone butsoftlimestonemay well be destroyed over the years.
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Recent research suggests that these may have been caused by wooden-wheeled carts erodingsoftlimestone.
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For example the current ramparts, measuring 4,330 metres long, were built with thesoftlimestoneabundant in the region called "mollasse burdigalienne".
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The plan is quite practicable and not very expensive for the distance is only eighty yards and the rock issoftlimestone.
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Some houses are built fromsoftlimestonewhich was taken from the vineyards.
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Lacovara believes that paint would have easily rubbed off of the relativelysoftlimestonethat was used, and so the sculptors carved the guidelines instead.
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Clunch is generically asoftlimestone.
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It generally occurs on mildly acidic to calcareous (it is common onsoftlimestone) mineral or peaty soils.
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However, because these carved stelae were produced insoftlimestone, most of these stelae have been eroded beyond interpretation.
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Trees in this ecosystem grow in solution holes, where thesoftlimestonehas worn away and filled with soil, allowing plants to take hold.
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The temple built insoftlimestonehas a sanctum enclosed within a large hall with covered entrance from three sides.
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These may have been caused by wooden-wheeled carts erodingsoftlimestone.
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The main rampart walls are build of squared blocks of tuffeau, the localsoftlimestone, excavated from the dry moat.
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Caliche is asoftlimestonematerial which is mined from areas with calcium-carbonate soils and limestone bedrock.
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Carved intosoftlimestone, the constructions are unique to the island.
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The town's vast necropolis, carved out ofsoftlimestone, contains more than 30 burial cave systems.
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