basalt /basˈölt or ba-söltˈ/

1. A dark-coloured igneous rock composed essentially of plagioclase and pyroxene, and commonly olivine and magnetite or titaniferous iron
2. Esp a compact rock of this kind
3. A type of pottery similar in appearance to the rock

basaltˈic adjective

• block-book
• block-books
• blockbuster
• blockbusters
• blockbusting
• blockbustings
• block capital
• block capitals
• block-chain
• block-chains
• block-coal
• block-coals
• block diagram
• block diagrams
• blocked
• blocked shoe
• blocked shoes
• blocked style
• blocker
• blockers
• block gauge
• block gauges
• block grant
• block grants
• blockhead