ignimbrite

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Pronunciation

/ˈɪɡnɪmbɹʌɪt/ (UK)

Definition of ignimbrite

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A deposit left by a pyroclastic flow from a volcano, consisting of ash, pumice lapilli, and lithic fragments.

“The walls of the houses and shops and temples were often constructed of alternating courses of large blocks of ignimbrite and small, sienna-coloured Roman bricks.”

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By surface analysis, igni- (“fire”) + Latin imbris (“shower; stormcloud”) + -ite.

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