Pumice
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpʌm.ɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pumice is a noun meaning (transitive) To abrade or roughen with pumice.
Meaning
(transitive) To abrade or roughen with pumice.
More Meanings
- A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.
Example Sentences
The wind blew close to the ground - it rooted among the tussock grass - slithered along the road, so that the white pumice dust swirled in our faces - settled and sifted over us and was like a dry-skin itching for growth on our bodies.
Word Forms
- pumices
- pumicing
- pumiced
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dacite, pumicite, pyroclastic, rapilli, ignimbrite, perlite.
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