pumice
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈpʌmɪs/
Etymology [edit]
From Latin pūmex (“pumice stone”).
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia pumice (uncountable)
- A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into the air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles. As the lava solidifies, the bubbles are frozen into the rock.
- 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, Oxford World's Classics 2002, page 10
- 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.
- 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, Oxford World's Classics 2002, page 10
Translations [edit]
pumice
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Verb [edit]
pumice (third-person singular simple present pumices, present participle pumicing, simple past and past participle pumiced)
- (transitive) To abrade or roughen with pumice.
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Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
pūmice m or f
- ablative singular of pūmex
