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basalt
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ba·salt  (b-sôlt, bsôlt)
n.
1. A hard, dense, dark volcanic rock composed chiefly of plagioclase, pyroxene, and olivine, and often having a glassy appearance.
2. A kind of hard unglazed pottery.

[Latin basalts, alteration of basants, touchstone, from Greek basants (lithos), from basanos, of Egyptian origin.]

ba·saltic (-sôltk) adj.

basalt [ˈbæsɔːlt]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a fine-grained dark basic igneous rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar, a pyroxene, and olivine: the most common volcanic rock and usually extrusive See flood basalt
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a form of black unglazed pottery resembling basalt
[from Late Latin basaltēs, variant of basanītēs, from Greek basanitēs touchstone, from basanos, of Egyptian origin]
basaltic  adj

basalt  (b-sôlt, bsôlt)
A dark, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting mostly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene, and sometimes olivine. Basalt makes up most of the ocean floor and is the most common type of lava. It sometimes cools into characteristic hexagonal columns, as in the Giant's Causeway in Anterim, Northern Island. It is the fine-grained equivalent of gabbro.
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Noun1.basalt - the commonest type of solidified lavabasalt - the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
pyroxene - any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
oligoclase, plagioclase - any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks
volcanic rock - extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth
Translations
basalt [ˈbæsɔːlt] Nbasalto m

basalt [ˈbæsɔːlt] n (= rock) → basalte m

basalt
nBasalt m

basalt [ˈbæsɔːlt] nbasalto

basalt
n basalt [ˈbӕsoːlt]
any of certain types of dark-coloured rock. basalt البازلت базалт čedič basalt der Basalt βασάλτης (είδος πετρώματος) basalto basalt مرمر سیاه basaltti basalte בַּזֶלֶת असिताश्म bazalt bazalt batu hitam, basal basalt basalto 玄武岩 현무암 bazaltas bazalts basalt basalt basalt bazalt basalto bazalt базальт čadič bazalt bazalt basalt หินภูเขาไฟ bazalt, yanık taş 玄武岩 базальт بسالت bazan


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