name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈbæs.ɒlt/
UK:/ˈbæs.əlt/
UK:/ˈbæs.ɔːlt/
UK:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/bəˈsɔlt/
General-American:/ˈbæs.ɔlt/
General-American:/ˈbeɪˌsɔlt/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
cot-caught-merger:/bəˈsɑlt/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈbæs.ɑlt/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈbeɪˌsɑlt/
Canada:/ˈbæs.ɑlt/
rhymes with -æsɒlt
rhymes with -æsəlt
rhymes with -æsɔːlt
CMU ARPABET:B AH0 S AO1 L T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A home rule municipality of Eagle County and Pitkin County, Colorado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 2
A city and town in Bingham County, Idaho.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A type of unglazed pottery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: volcanic rock
History
Etymology
From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”), b-x:n-O39
Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
