pumice

Meaning of pumice

noun

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. As the lava solidifies, the bubbles are frozen into the rock.

verb

To abrade or roughen with pumice.

Information about pumice

The plural form of pumice is: pumices.
Languages in which pumice is used:
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Hyphenation of pumice

pumice

It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
pumice is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of pumice

French: ponce
Italian: pomice
Spanish: pumita

Words that rhyme with pumice

mice, Amice, amice, fieldmice, woodmice, reremice, almice, dormmice, flittermmice, pummice, reremmice, shrewmmice, titmmice, Comice, comice, oncomice, dormice, flittermice, rearmice, titmice, shrewmice

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