English
Etymology
From L. pumice#Latin|pūmice, the ablative of pumex|pūmex "a pumice stone"
Noun
wikipedia
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- 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.
Translations
Croatian: plovu�ac
French ponce
Quotations
1912, w:Katherine Mansfield|Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, Oxford World's Classics 2002, page 10
See also
pumice stone
Latin
Noun
pūmice m or f
- inflection of|pumex|pūmex|abl|s
category:Latin noun forms
el:pumice
fa:pumice
io:pumice
te:pumice
vi:pumice
zh:pumice
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