different between pumice vs pomace

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French pomis (“pumice stone”), from Latin p?mex (“pumice stone”). Doublet of pounce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?m?s/

Noun

pumice (countable and uncountable, plural pumices)

1. A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles. As the lava solidifies, the bubbles are frozen into the rock.

   • The wind blew close to the ground - it rooted among the tussock grass - slithered along the road, so that the white pumice dust swirled in our faces - settled and sifted over us and was like a dry-skin itching for growth on our bodies.

Derived terms

Related terms

• pumiciform
• pumiceous
• pumicate

Translations

Verb

pumice (third-person singular simple present pumices, present participle pumicing, simple past and past participle pumiced)

1. (transitive) To abrade or roughen with pumice.

See also

• pumice stone
• pumiceous

Latin

Noun

p?mice

1. ablative singular of p?mex

English

Alternative forms

• pummace, pummice

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pomum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?m?s/, /?p?m?s/, /-?s/

Noun

pomace (countable and uncountable, plural pomaces)

1. The pulp that remains after a fruit has been pressed to extract the juice (or a nut, etc., has been pressed to extract the oil).
2. Fish scrap.

Translations

Anagrams

• PEComa, ecomap