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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Pumice (0.00882 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Pumice.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pumice pumice n : a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive [syn: pumice stone]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pumice Pumice \Pum"ice\, n. [L. pumex, pumicis, prob. akin to spuma foam: cf. AS. pumic-st[=a]n. Cf. Pounce a powder, Spume.] (Min.) 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. [1913 Webster]
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pumice pumice n : a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive [syn: pumice stone]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pumice Pumice \Pum"ice\, n. [L. pumex, pumicis, prob. akin to spuma foam: cf. AS. pumic-st[=a]n. Cf. Pounce a powder, Spume.] (Min.) 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. [1913 Webster]
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