"perlite" meaning in English

See perlite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: perlites [plural]
Etymology: From French perle (“pearl”) + -ite. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|perle||pearl}} French perle (“pearl”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} perlite (plural perlites)
  1. (mineralogy) An amorphous volcanic glass formed by the hydration of obsidian. Categories (topical): Minerals
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  2. The lightweight insulating material and aggregate resulting from expanding perlite glass by heat.
    Sense id: en-perlite-en-noun-msCroMpy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (perlite): perlita [feminine] (Catalan), perliitti (Finnish), perlite [feminine] (French), Perlit [masculine] (German), perlite [feminine] (Italian), perlit [masculine] (Polish), perlita (Portuguese), perlită [feminine] (Romanian), perlita [feminine] (Spanish), perlit (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'perlite': 0 0

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