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OBSIDIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does obsidian mean?
• OBSIDIAN (noun)
The noun OBSIDIAN has 1 sense:
1. acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces
Familiarity information: OBSIDIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("obsidian" is a kind of...):
volcanic glass (a kind of natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly)
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