the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to basalt; formed of or containing basalt; of the nature of or resembling basalt: as, basaltic lava.
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adj. of or relating to or containing basalt
Word Usage
"In this he found a group of green lights burning upon a kind of basaltic altar, and a bell-rope from a belfry overhead hanging down into the centre of the place."