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1. (n.) basalt
the dark, dense, igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L basaltēs < Gk basan&imacracute;tēs=básan(os) touchstone (ult. < Egyptian b&hhacekbelow;n(w) graywacke) +-ītēs -ite1)
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1. (noun) basalt
the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
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1. (noun) Basalt
a rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated
2. (noun) Basalt
an imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain
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Sense: any of certain types of dark-coloured rock.
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 Afrikaans: basalt |
 Arabic: البازلت |
 Bulgarian: базалт |
 Brazilian: basalto |
 Czech: čedič |
 German: der Basalt |
 Danish: basalt |
 Greek: βασάλτης (είδος πετρώματο |
 Spanish: basalto |
 Estonian: basalt |
 Farsi: مرمر سیاه |
 Finnish: basaltti |
 French: basalte |
 Hebrew: בַּזֶלֶת |
 Hindi: असिताश्म |
 Croatian: bazalt |
 Hungarian: bazalt |
 Indonesian: batu hitam, basal |
 Icelandic: basalt |
 Italian: basalto |
 Japanese: 玄武岩 |
 Korean: 현무암 |
 Lithuanian: bazaltas |
 Latvian: bazalts |
 Malay: basalt |
 Dutch: basalt |
 Norwegian: basalt |
 Polish: bazalt |
 Persian: مرمر سیاه |
 Pashto: يو ډول تيږه چي تياره رنگ |
 Portuguese: basalto |
 Romanian: bazalt |
 Russian: базальт |
 Slovak: čadič |
 Slovenian: bazalt |
 Serbian: bazalt |
 Swedish: basalt |
 Thai: หินภูเขาไฟ |
 Turkish: bazalt, yanık taş |
 Taiwanese: 玄武岩 |
 Ukrainian: базальт |
 Urdu: بسالت |
 Vietnamese: bazan |
 Chinese: 玄武岩，黑陶器 |
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