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Meanings of pumice in English

Portuguese
pedra-pomes
Catalan
pedra tosca
Spanish
pumita

A light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive.

pedra-pomes
Synonyms
Examples for "pumice stone"
Examples for "pumice stone"
1
After this has dried, smooth it off with pumice stone and water.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
2
And from that cloud showered these hot, pelting pebbles of pumice stone.
Buried Cities, Volume 1: Pompeii
3
Rub into the periphery a paste of sifted powdered pumice stone and water.
On Laboratory Arts
4
But where a precious stone will take lustre a pumice stone will crumble.
What Can She Do?
5
There was yellow soap, a pumice stone, and carbolic soap, and scented soap.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
Usage of pumice in English
1
The islands are all volcanic, all ash and cinders, lava and pumice.
A Tramp's Notebook
2
After this has dried, smooth it off with pumice stone and water.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
3
And from that cloud showered these hot, pelting pebbles of pumice stone.
Buried Cities, Volume 1: Pompeii
4
Pyroclastic Flows Pyroclastic flows are a mixture of gases, ash and pumice.
Radio NZ
5
In the spaces between the ridges, there were porous marks, suggesting pumice.
Heart of stone
6
Thus he formed, for instance, pumice-stone, feldspar, mica, iron pyrites, &c. artificially.
Familiar Letters on Chemistry, and Its Relation to Commerce, Phy...
7
The mud clung like glue and the black sand scratched like pumice.
Dogs of war
8
If copious amounts of pumice form, it collects in rafts on the ocean.
BBC
9
Rub into the periphery a paste of sifted powdered pumice stone and water.
On Laboratory Arts
10
NZTA has not explained how the pumice was not detected at the start.
Radio NZ
11
The intervening spaces are concealed with layers of pumice, ashes and volcanic tuff.
The Voyage of the Beagle
12
In 1797 an eruption hurled out pumice, ashes, and sulphureous vapours.
At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies
13
The great sandy piazza, glittered as if strewn with powdered pumice.
Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian
14
The ground was covered with slag, lava flows, and pumice stones.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
15
There are many specimens of half-formed pumice, with greenstone and lava.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
16
But where a precious stone will take lustre a pumice stone will crumble.
What Can She Do?
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Portuguese
pedra-pomes
Spanish
pumita
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