peperino
9.9
A rock made from volcanic ash and small pieces of lava used for building
- noun
- /ˌpɛpəˈriːnoʊ/
- Specialized
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peperino
- One such peperino tuff was Lapis Gabinus, still visible in the tall boundary wall of the Forum of Augustus.
Examples
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Materials such as wood, iron, lime, and peperino were delivered.
Academic text (1994) -
The walls of the historic fortress were made of durable peperino rock.
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The ancient Romans used peperino for constructing their impressive buildings.
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In the quarry, workers carefully extracted peperino to use in local construction projects.
Synonyms
4
3.6
A hard rock made when hot melted rock cools on or near the Earth's surface
is a specific building stone made mostly of compacted ash and fragments
2
9.8
A light hard rock formed when ash from a volcano presses together
contains that material plus lava fragments and is used as building stone
Surface Forms
Etymology
Peperino comes from the Italian word pepe meaning 'pepper', with the small ending -ino that makes it 'little pepper'. The rock has dark, pepper-like spots, so peperino became the name for this building stone.