pumice /ˈpʌm.ɪs/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies. verb1 •To abrade or roughen with pumice. formspumiced · pumicing · pumices