Meaning of Pumice | Babel Free
ˈpʌm.ɪsDefinitions
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.
Equivalents
Български
пемза
Català
pumicita
Čeština
pemza
Deutsch
Bims
Ελληνικά
ελαφρόπετρα
Suomi
hohkakivi
Gaeilge
slíogart
Magyar
habkő
Bahasa Indonesia
batu apung
Íslenska
vikur
Italiano
pomice
ქართული
პემზა
한국어
경석
Latina
pumex
Te Reo Māori
pungapunga
Nederlands
puimsteen
Polski
pumeks
Română
piatră ponce
Русский
пемза
Türkçe
ponza
Oʻzbekcha
pemza
Tiếng Việt
đá bọt
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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