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Basaltic

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Adjective

1. basaltic

of or relating to or containing basalt

Example Sentences:
'basaltic magma is fluid'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Basaltic

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noun
1. 
a fine-grained dark basic igneous rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar, a pyroxene, and olivine: the most common volcanic rock and usually extrusive
flood basalt
2. 
a form of black unglazed pottery resembling basalt

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Basaltic

see synonyms of basaltic
noun
1. 
a dark, fine-grained, usually extrusive igneous rock that is more basic than andesite, consisting chiefly of plagioclase feldspars and pyroxene: often found in vast sheets, it is the most common extrusive igneous rock
2. 
a kind of unglazed, black pottery designed by Josiah Wedgwood
: also baˈsaltˌware

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Basaltic

see synonyms of basaltic
n.
1. A hard, dense, dark igneous rock composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and olivine, and often having a glassy appearance.
2. A kind of hard unglazed pottery.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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