Vocabulary

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   Eric Cauncaposted 21 months ago

   What is the adjective form of limestone? Is it limestonic, limestony, limestonemous or what? Thanks for your comments.

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      Kenna McHughposted 21 months agoin reply to this

      What's the context?

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      OldRosesposted 21 months agoin reply to this

      Limestone-like?

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      Miebakagh57posted 21 months agoin reply to this

      An adjective describes a word. For example, a lovely girl. The word 'lovely' describe a girl, and so qualifies.                               And, if limestone is to qualify, a word, must describe, or qualified it. 'Those earth  excavations are mostly limestones'. Unless opposite or synonyms are being ask, limestone will requirf a word to qualified as adjective.

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      erorantesposted 21 months agoin reply to this

      Good evening mister Cauca. There are many words to use for adjective form. I like one word. It is call fossiliferous. Have a good night.

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      Kenna McHughposted 21 months agoin reply to this

      Let's see: limestone pavement, limestone hills and limestone caves.

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   revmjmposted 21 months ago

   more limestone

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   Glenn Stokposted 21 months ago

   A complete answer to your question is here:
   
   https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-a … stone.html

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   PaulGoodman67posted 21 months ago

   Surely the correct answer has to be "limestone-esque"!?!?

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   theraggededgeposted 21 months ago

   Isn't it just 'limestone'?
   
   For example, 'limestone cliffs', 'limestone rock formations'.
   
   You could use 'carbonate' as an adjective. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limestone

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   DrMark1961posted 21 months ago

   You could write "it looked like a limestony soil" but could not use the words limestonic.

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   Brenda Arledgeposted 21 months ago

   Not sure...maybe use bedrock..
   Or  calcareous, stone, or simply lime

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   jansharesposted 21 months ago

   Limey or limestonish. I like your limestonic, Eric. I have no idea, just wanted to join in the party.

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      Miebakagh57posted 21 months agoin reply to this

      Then, welcome to the party.

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         jansharesposted 21 months agoin reply to this

         

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   eugbugposted 21 months ago

   I like "limestonic" but it's not a word.

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    Stephen Tomkinsonposted 21 months ago

    When we use a material as an adjective, it generally retains the same form as the noun. There are exceptions: wood - wooden, wool - woolen. But most stay the same. A cotton shirt, a steel girder, a paper plane.
    I also like limestonic, it doesn't exist but it should. As English is flexible, we could introduce it (not that we'd ever use it much).

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       Kenna McHughposted 21 months agoin reply to this

       Lime-rich soil, lime-rich cliffs

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