pumice
pumice is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive
- verb. rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen
Common word forms
pumiced, pumicer, pumices, pumicing, pumiceous
Words from these letters
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