pumice
noun /ˈpʌmɪs/
/ˈpʌmɪs/
(also pumice stone)
[uncountable]- a type of grey stone that comes from volcanoes and is very light in weight. It is used in powder form for cleaning and polishing, and in pieces for rubbing on the skin to make it softer.Topics Appearancec2
enlarge imageOxford Collocations DictionaryPumice is used before these nouns:- stone
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pomis, from a Latin dialect variant of pumex, pumic-.
