pumice

(Englisch)

Noun

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.

Verb

To abrade or roughen with pumice.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈpʌm.ɪs/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Anglo-Norman and Old French pomis (“pumice stone”), from Latin pūmex (“pumice stone”). Doublet of pounce.

Konzepte

Bims

Bimsstein

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Synonyme

pumice stone

holystone

lava

foam

pumicite

volcanic foam

float stone

Übersetzungen

ponce

pierre ponce

pomice

pumeks

piedra pómez

pedra-pomes

ελαφρόπετρα

puimsteen

pumice

pumicita

pedra pomes

خفان ، خفاف

piedra pomez

pumita

süngertaşı