English Explanatory Dictionary

basalt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
  2. A type of unglazed pottery.
name
  1. A home rule municipality of Eagle County and Pitkin County, Colorado.
  2. A city and town in Bingham County, Idaho.
  3. A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈbæs.ɒlt/ /ˈbæs.əlt/ /ˈbæs.ɔːlt/ en-uk-basalt.ogg /bəˈsɔlt/ /ˈbæs.ɔlt/ /ˈbeɪˌsɔlt/ en-us-basalt.ogg /bəˈsɑlt/ /ˈbæs.ɑlt/ /ˈbeɪˌsɑlt/

Word forms

basalt basalts

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

Derived words

alkali basalt basaltic basaltiform basaltine basaltoid basaltware metabasalt metabasaltic nonbasalt picrobasalt plateau basalt trachybasalt
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