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What does pumice mean?

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Noun
  1. A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into the air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles. As the lava solidifies, the bubbles are frozen into the rock.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To abrade or roughen with pumice.
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