pumice
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pumice
- /ˈpʌm.ɪs/
Sounds like pomace · Rhymes with -ʌmɪs
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman and Old French pomis (“pumice stone”), from Latin pūmex (“pumice stone”). Doublet of pounce.
noun pumices
- 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 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.
verb pumices · pumicing · pumiced
- To abrade or roughen with pumice.
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noun a light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock
| Español | pumita, piedra pómez, pómez, jal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 경석 gyeongseok |
| 日本語 | 軽石 karuishi |
| 中文 | 浮石 fúshí, 浮岩 fúyán |
| हिन्दी | झाँवाँ jhā̃vā̃ |
| Português | pedra-pomes, púmice |
| Français | ponce, pierre ponce |
| Deutsch | Bims |
| Italiano | pomice |
| Ελληνικά | ελαφρόπετρα elafrópetra |
| Română | piatră ponce |
| Русский | пе́мза pémza |
| Tiếng Việt | đá bọt |
| العربية | خَفَاف ḵafāf, حجر البركان ḥajar al-burkān |
| עברית | פּוּמִיס pumís |
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title = {pumice},
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