Basalt

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  • noun. A hard, dense, dark igneous rock composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and olivine, and often having a glassy appearance.
  • noun. A kind of hard unglazed pottery.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A volcanic rock occurring widely, and consisting of a triclinic feldspar, together with augite and magnetite or titaniferous iron.
  • noun. Proposed as a field term, in petrography, for all dark-colored aphanitie, nonporphyritic (aphyric), igneous rocks.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated.
  • noun. An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
  • noun. A type of unglazed pottery.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
    • Word Usage
    "Natural rock pools in basalt rock, 5 km. west of Mecatan."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    volcanic rock  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Perrault  Renault  Walt  assault  default  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    agate  alabaster  basaltic  breccia  chalk  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aa  abyssal rock  bedrock  block lava  brash  
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