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6 Letter Words for Basalt

basalt, tablas

5 Letter Words for Basalt

albas, atlas, baals, balas, balat, balsa, basal, basat, basta, blasa, blast, blats, sabal, salat, salta, staab, tabla, talas

4 Letter Words for Basalt

aals, abas, abls, alas, alba, albs, alts, asta, baal, baas, bals, bast, bata, bats, blas, blat, laas, labs, lasa, last, lata, lats, saba, sala, salt, sata, slab, slat, stab, taal, tabs, tala

3 Letter Words for Basalt

aal, aas, aba, abl, abs, abt, ala, alb, als, alt, asb, asl, ast, baa, bal, bas, bat, bls, blt, btl, laa, lab, las, lat, lbs, lst, saa, sab, sal, sat, sla, slt, sta, taa, tab, tal, tas, tbs

Definitions for Basalt

[1] the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
[2] a fine-grained dark basic igneous rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar, a pyroxene, and olivine: the most common volcanic rock and usually extrusive See flood basalt
[3] a form of black unglazed pottery resembling basalt

Words related to Basalt

slag, magma, ashes, scoria, obsidian, coulee

Words nearby Basalt

basal reader, basal ridge, basal rod, basal vein, basal-cell nevus syndrome, basalt, basaltware, basanite, bascinet, bascule, base

Origin of Basalt

1595–1605; < Latin basaltēs, a misreading, in manuscripts of Pliny, of basanītēs < Greek basanī́tēs (líthos ) touchstone, equivalent to básan(os ) touchstone (ultimately < Egyptian bh̬n(w ) graywacke) + -ītēs -ite1

Other words from Basalt

ba·sal·tic , ba·sal·tine [buh -sawl -tin, -tahyn] /bəˈsɔl tɪn, -taɪn/ , adjective
sub·ba·sal·tic , adjective

Word origin for Basalt

C18: from Late Latin basaltēs , variant of basanītēs , from Greek basanitēs touchstone, from basanos , of Egyptian origin

Synonyms for Basalt

magma, slag, ashes, obsidian, scoria, coulee