pumice stone


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Noun1.pumice stone - a light glass formed on the surface of some lavaspumice stone - a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive
rock, stone - material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
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Translations
خُفّان: زُجاج بُركاني للصَّقْل
pemza
pimpsten
habkõhorzsakõ
vikur
sünger taşı

pumice

(ˈpamis) noun
a light kind of solidified lava.
pumice stone noun
(a piece of) this type of stone used for cleaning and smoothing the skin etc.
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pumice stone

n piedra pómez
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References in classic literature ?
Some of his low places he found lifted to ideals, some of his ideas had sunk to the valleys, and lay there with the sackcloth and ashes of pumice stone and sulphur on their ruined heads.
Their march this day lay among singular hills and knolls of an indurated red earth, resembling brick, about the bases of which were scattered pumice stones and cinders, the whole bearing traces of the action of fire.
Remove your feet, and scrub them using a pumice stone to remove dead skin.
Remove hard skin with a pumice stone. Trim and file your toenails straight across to help prevent ingrown toenails.
In addition, the gnome bomb comes with a surprise inside--a pumice stone for removing call used skin.
If doing it yourself, use a pumice stone, foot file or exfoliating scrub to eliminate calluses.
| Gently remove hard skin and calluses with a pumice stone or foot file regularly.
During or after bathing, rub a corn or callus with a pumice stone, nail file, emery board or washcloth to help remove a layer of toughened skin.
To that end, I bought a hair-removing pumice stone from Duluth Trading Company a year ago that works as well as anything I've tried.
The NoStone(r) system eliminates the use of pumice stone, replacing it with a stainless-steel abrasive drum, fastened to the washing machine.