pumice

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

ελαφρόπετρα

kísiri

alafrópetra

elafrópetra

αλαφρόπετρα

Συνώνυμα

pumice stone

holystone

lava

foam

pumicite

volcanic foam

float stone

Μεταφράσεις

ponce

Bims

pierre ponce

Bimsstein

pomice

pedra-pomes

piedra pómez

puimsteen

خفان ، خفاف

pumita

pumice

piedra pomez

pumicita

pedra pomes

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈpʌm.ɪs/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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