Definitions for basalts

basalts ba·salt

Spelling: [buh-sawlt, bas-awlt, bey-sawlt]
IPA: /bəˈsɔlt, ˈbæs ɔlt, ˈbeɪ sɔlt/

Basalts is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in basalts (aablsst).

Definitions for basalts

noun

  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.

Origin of basalts

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)

Examples for basalts

Behold, my flesh is solid as basalt, my bones are bars of steel!

Its form was that of a cube, 12 feet on each side, and it stood on a block of basalt.

Tiresias came next, in a basalt chariot, yoked to royal steeds.

They had also said something about pot holes like shafts in the basalt.

There was finality miles deep and fixed as basalt in his tone.

The statues of basalt rolled their eyes and smiled hideously.

Of what use would porphyry, or granite, or basalt be for such purposes?

Many varieties of stone were used, but the preference was given to basalt.

Somewhere in the basalt hills a lion roared, the sound carrying through the night until another responded.

A good solid rock, like basalt, can be cut into slices of about 3/32 inch thick.

Word Value for basalts
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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