pumice

(Inglese)

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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈpʌm.ɪs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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

Concetti

pomice

sinonimi

pumice stone

holystone

lava

foam

pumicite

volcanic foam

float stone

Traduzioni

Bims

ponce

pierre ponce

pumeks

Bimsstein

piedra pómez

pedra-pomes

ελαφρόπετρα

puimsteen

pumice

pedra pomes

piedra pomez

pumita

خفان ، خفاف

pumicita