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1. (n.) pumice
a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
2. (v.t.) pumice
to rub, smooth, clean, etc., with pumice.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME pomis(e) < AF pomis (cf. OF
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| Definition of 'Pumice' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) pumice, pumice stone
a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive
2. (verb) pumice
rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen
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1. (noun) Pumice
a very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone
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Sense: a light kind of solidified lava.
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 Afrikaans: puimsteen |
 Arabic: لافا بُرْكانيَّه |
 Bulgarian: пемза |
 Brazilian: pomes |
 Czech: pemza |
 German: der Bimsstein |
 Danish: pimpsten |
 Greek: ελαφρόπετρα |
 Spanish: pómez |
 Estonian: pimss |
 Farsi: سنگ خارا |
 Finnish: hohka |
 French: ponce |
 Hebrew: אֶבֶן סְפוֹג |
 Hindi: झावा |
 Hungarian: tajtékkő |
 Indonesian: lahar padat |
 Icelandic: vikur |
 Italian: pomice |
 Japanese: 軽石 |
 Korean: 부석, 속돌 |
 Lithuanian: pemza |
 Latvian: pumeks |
 Malay: pumis |
 Dutch: puimsteen |
 Norwegian: pimpstein |
 Polish: pumeks |
 Persian: سنگ خارا |
 Pashto: يو ډول ډبره |
 Portuguese: pomes |
 Romanian: (piatră) ponce |
 Russian: пемза |
 Slovak: pemza |
 Slovenian: lehnjak |
 Serbian: kamen plavac |
 Swedish: pimpsten |
 Thai: ลาวา |
 Turkish: sünger taşı |
 Taiwanese: 輕石(塊)，浮石 |
 Ukrainian: пемза |
 Urdu: جھانواں |
 Vietnamese: đá bọt |
 Chinese: 轻石（块），浮石 |
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