pumice stone en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A piece of pumice.
in the midst a little riuer plaide / Emongst the pumy stones, which seemd to plaine / With gentle murmure, that his course they did restraine.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) Pumice (the substance).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pumy stone | alternative | lexicographic | |
| pumice stones | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pumie stone | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
mt ħaffiefa (piece of pumice or collective noun) · es pómez (piece of pumice or collective noun) · de Bimsstein (piece of pumice or collective noun) · tr ponza (piece of pumice or collective noun) · es jal (piece of pumice or collective noun) · tr sünger taşı (piece of pumice or collective noun) · es piedra pómez (piece of pumice or collective noun) · pl pumeks (piece of pumice or collective noun) · es pumita (piece of pumice or collective noun) · is vikurkol (piece of pumice or collective noun) · el ελαφρόπετρα (piece of pumice or collective noun)