pumice

Anlam (İngilizce)

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.

Kavramlar

ponza

süngertaşı

Eş anlamlılar

pumice stone

holystone

lava

foam

pumicite

volcanic foam

float stone

Çeviriler

Bims

ponce

pierre ponce

Bimsstein

pomice

piedra pómez

pedra-pomes

puimsteen

ελαφρόπετρα

pumita

خفان ، خفاف

pumicita

pumice

pedra pomes

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/ˈpʌm.ɪs/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

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