ignimbrite


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ignimbrite /ˈɪgnɪmbrʌɪt/
noun Geology a volcanic rock formed by the consolidation of material deposited by pyroclastic flows.
– origin 1930s: from L. ignis ‘fire’ + imber, imbr- ‘shower of rain, storm cloud’ + -ite1.
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