pumice stone

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspumice

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Questions about pumice stone

What does pumice stone mean?

pumice stone means "a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive".

What is another word for pumice stone?

Close synonyms include pumice. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pumice stone a common word?

pumice stone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.