Meanings
nounignimbrite (countable and uncountable, plural ignimbrites)
plural ignimbrites
- countableuncountablegeographyA deposit left by a pyroclastic flow from a volcano, consisting of ash, pumice lapilli, and lithic fragments.First known use 20th c.
The walls of the houses and shops and temples were often constructed of alternating courses of large blocks of ignimbrite and small, sienna-coloured Roman bricks.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 13
Origin
By surface analysis, igni- (“fire”) + Latin imbris (“shower; stormcloud”) + -ite.
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