Basaltic

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to basalt; formed of or containing basalt; of the nature of or resembling basalt: as, basaltic lava.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to basalt.
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  • adjective. of or relating to or containing basalt
  • Word Usage
    "In this he found a group of green lights burning upon a kind of basaltic altar, and a bell-rope from a belfry overhead hanging down into the centre of the place."
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