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Meaning of pumicate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
ˈpjuːmɪkeɪt

Definitions

To make smooth with pumice.

transitive

Examples

“It was a long, spacious place, where the polishers, in smocks of black serge, sat in double rows pumicating and grinding their pieces at little work-boards.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pumicated pumicates pumicating pumice pumiced pumices

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