BASALT


Meaning of BASALT in English

n. 1 a dark basic volcanic rock whose strata sometimes form columns. 2 a kind of black stoneware resembling basalt. basaltic adj.

[ L basaltes var. of basanites f. Gk f. basanos touchstone ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.