Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the cooling of molten rock, either below the surface (intrusive) or on the surface (extrusive).

    magmatisches Gestein, Erstarrungsgestein

    магмати́ческие го́рные поро́дыmagmatíčeskije górnyje poródy

    магматичні гірські породиmahmatyčni hirsʹki porody

    rock formed by the solidification of molten magma

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Igneous rocks form when lava cools.

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  2. This island is full of igneous rock.

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  3. Obsidian is an igneous rock.

    ruОбсидиан - это магматическая горная порода.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth:
Русский
By meaning 1
one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth:

Forms

plural: igneous rocks
Singularigneous rock
Pluraligneous rocks

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpyroclastic flow

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
iffyiftariglooigneousigniteignitionignoble
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