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How to pronounce “pumice”
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Pronunciation guide for pumice
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pumice with real speech in context.
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- Why the pencil is perfect
and later, rubber and pumice.
- Definition summary
- 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, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.
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How to pronounce pumice
Why the pencil is perfect
and later, rubber and pumice.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pumice”
Meaning
- [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, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To abrade or roughen with pumice.
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