pumices

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A form of pumice — A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.

Scrabble 13

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verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of pumice

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