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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 pum·ice /ˈpʌməs/
 輕石,浮石(vt.)用浮石磨光
From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典
 pum·ice /ˈpəməs/ 名詞
 浮石粉
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Pum·ice n.  Min. A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 pumice
      n : a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as
          an abrasive [syn: pumice stone]