basalt
A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
Other meanings
A type of unglazed pottery.
A kind of
- volcanic rock
Related words
- basaltine
- metabasaltic
- plateau basalt
- basaltware
- basaltic
- nonbasalt
- basaltiform
- basaltoid
- alkali basalt
- metabasalt
- picrobasalt
- pillow basalt
Word history
From Ancient Greek "βασανίτης".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “basalt” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.