basalt
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Definition of basalt
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
- (countable, uncountable)A type of unglazed pottery.
name
- A home rule municipality of Eagle County and Pitkin County, Colorado.
- A city and town in Bingham County, Idaho.
- A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.
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Etymology
From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”), b-x:n-O39
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