Stalagmite
Definitions
A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.
Equivalents
24 more languages
العربيةاللحليمات السفلى
Catalàestalagmita
Češtinastalagmit
Ελληνικάσταλαγμίτης
Esperantostalagmito
Gaeilgeaolchoinneal
עבריתזקיף
Magyarsztalagmit
Հայերենպտկաքար
Bahasa Indonesiastalagmit
Italianostalagmite
日本語石筍
ქართულისტალაგმიტი
한국어석순
Polskistalagmit
Portuguêsestalagmite
Русскийсталагмит
Svenskastalagmit
ไทยหินงอก
Türkçedikit
Tiếng Việtmăng đá
Examples
“In one place⟳, near at hand, a stalagmite had been slowly growing up from the ground for ages, builded by the water-drip from a stalactite overhead.”
“Molten roofing north, lead⟳ dripping down south, stand⟳ like⟳ those immobilized columns of arctic water west, stalagmites, monked and housed or stamped and dudleyed east, in school texts.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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