Pumice
Definitions
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
28 more languages
Българскипемза
Catalàpumicita
Češtinapemza
Ελληνικάελαφρόπετρα
Suomihohkakivi
Gaeilgeslíogart
Magyarhabkő
Bahasa Indonesiabatu apung
Íslenskavikur
Italianopomice
ქართულიპემზა
한국어경석
Te Reo Māoripungapunga
Nederlandspuimsteen
Polskipumeks
Românăpiatră ponce
Русскийпемза
Türkçeponza
O'zbekchapemza
Tiếng Việtđá 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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