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

• pittered
• pittering
• pitter-patter
• pitter-pattered
• pitter-pattering
• pitter-patters
• pitters
• pittie-ward
• pitting
• pittings
• Pittism
• pittite
• Pittite
• pittites
• pittosporum
• pittosporums
• pitty-pat
• pitty-pats
• pitty-patted
• pitty-patting
• pituita
• pituitaries
• pituitary
• pituitary bodies
• pituitary body