n.
Pronunciation: ' mag-m ə
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin magmat-, magma, from Greek, thick unguent, from massein to knead ― more at MINGLE
Date: 15th century
1 archaic : DREGS , SEDIMENT
2 : a thin pasty suspension (as of a precipitate in water)
3 : molten rock material within the earth from which igneous rock results by cooling
– mag · mat · ic \ mag- ' ma-tik \ adjective