Meanings
plural pumice stones · alternative pumie stone · alternative pumy stone
- countableuncountableA 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 - countableuncountablePumice (the substance).
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
German Bimsstein
- Bimssteinpiece of pumice or collective noun
Greek ελαφρόπετρα
- ελαφρόπετρα (elafrópetra)piece of pumice or collective noun
Icelandic vikurkol
- vikurkolpiece of pumice or collective noun
Polish pumeks
- pumekspiece of pumice or collective noun
Spanish piedra pómez, pumita
- piedra pómezpiece of pumice or collective noun
- pumitapiece of pumice or collective noun
- pómezpiece of pumice or collective noun
- jalpiece of pumice or collective noun
Turkish ponza, sünger taşı
- ponzapiece of pumice or collective noun
- sünger taşıpiece of pumice or collective noun
Cite this entry
pumice stone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pumice%20stone
“pumice stone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pumice%20stone. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pumice stone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pumice%20stone.
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