Limescale deposits can build up in water mains pipes.
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Limescale
Synonyms for "limescale"
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1 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 18 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- шур noun (chalky deposit)
Belarusian
1 entries- на́кіп noun (chalky deposit)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 水垢 noun (chalky deposit)
- 水銹 /水锈 noun (chalky deposit)
- 水鹼 /水碱 noun (chalky deposit)
Danish
2 entries- kalk noun (chalky deposit)
- kedelsten noun (chalky deposit)
Dutch
1 entries- kalkaanslag noun (chalky deposit)
Finnish
4 entries- kalkkeuma noun (chalky deposit)
- kalkkeutuma noun (chalky deposit)
- kalkkiuma noun (chalky deposit)
- kalkkiutuma noun (chalky deposit)
French
1 entries- tartre noun (chalky deposit)
German
2 entries- Kalk noun (chalky deposit)
- Kesselstein noun (chalky deposit)
Hungarian
1 entries- vízkő noun (chalky deposit)
Italian
1 entries- calcare noun (chalky deposit)
Macedonian
1 entries- бигор noun (chalky deposit)
Polish
2 entries- kamień noun (chalky deposit)
- osad noun (chalky deposit)
Russian
1 entries- на́кипь noun (chalky deposit)
Spanish
1 entries- sarro noun (chalky deposit)
Swedish
1 entries- kalkavlagring noun (chalky deposit)
Thai
1 entries- ตะกรัน noun (chalky deposit)
Turkish
1 entries- küfeki noun (chalky deposit)
Ukrainian
1 entries- на́кип noun (chalky deposit)
Sample sentences
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