Calcimine

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces. countable, uncountable

    "If a ceiling is peeling (from using the wrong paint over calcimine, probably; it's an old house), how do you remove all the paint down to the plaster all over the ceiling?"

  2. 2
    a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To coat with this substance.
  2. 2
    cover with calcimine wordnet

Synonyms

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apply paintbedaubbedizenbegildbesmearbrush on paint

Example

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"If a ceiling is peeling (from using the wrong paint over calcimine, probably; it's an old house), how do you remove all the paint down to the plaster all over the ceiling?"

Etymology

Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”).

Related phrases

zinc oxide

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