Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hard, dense, dark igneous rock composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and olivine, and often having a glassy appearance.
- noun A kind of hard unglazed pottery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A volcanic rock occurring widely, and consisting of a triclinic feldspar, together with augite and magnetite or titaniferous iron.
- noun Proposed as a field term, in petrography, for all dark-colored aphanitie, nonporphyritic (aphyric), igneous rocks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geol.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated.
- noun An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A hard
mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust. - noun A type of unglazed
pottery .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Natural rock pools in basalt rock, 5 km. west of Mecatan.
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Natural rock pools in basalt rock, 5 km. west of Mecatan.
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Natural rock pools in basalt rock, 5 km. west of Mecatan.
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Natural rock pools in basalt rock, 5 km. west of Mecatan.
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Curious varnished and painted vases, idols in basalt and skeletons were in it.
Six Months in Mexico 1888
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The sand on Mars is from basalt, which is a darkish gray color.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Incredible picture of stuff on Mars 2010
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The youngest volcanic rock is Mt. Lidgbird basalt, which is present in lava flows up to 30 m thick.
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The least explosive type of volcano is called a basalt plateau.
Volcano 2007
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For example, the igneous rock called basalt was created at a great depth and contains little feldspar compared to granite, which formed near the surface.
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Thus the igneous rock called basalt was created at a great depth, and contains little feldspar compared to granite, which formed near the surface.
Chapter 5 1990
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