pumice
A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic…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.
» The rough pumice can abrade the skin.
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Bims
пе́мзаpémza
пе́мзаpémza
- a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive
Examples
4 sentencesThe rough pumice can abrade the skin.
I rub the soles of my feet with pumice in order to smooth them.
This is a pumice stone.
ruЭто пемза. — marafon
Is this pumice?
ruЭто пемза? — Balamax · CC BY 2.0 FR
deIst das Bims? — Balamax · CC BY 2.0 FR
Translations
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Origin
From Anglo-Norman and Old French pomis (“pumice stone”), from Latin pūmex (“pumice stone”)From Anglo-Norman and Old French pomis (“pumice stone”), from Latin pūmex (“pumice stone”). Doublet of pounce.
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Forms
plural: pumicesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive:pumice stone
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.