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stalagmite

/ˈstæl.əɡˌmaɪt/US/stəˈlæɡˌmaɪt/

stalagmite noun: a secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.

Noun

stalagmite (plural stalagmites)

  1. A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.
    • In one place, near at hand, a stalagmite had been slowly growing up from the ground for ages, builded by the water-drip from a stalactite overhead.1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXIII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC
    • Molten roofing north, lead dripping down south, stand like those immobilized columns of arctic water west, stalagmites, monked and housed or stamped and dudleyed east, in school texts.1981, Kalu Uka, A Consummation of Fire: A Novel, page 9

stalagmite meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Persian

stalagmite in Tamil

சுண்ணக்கல் புற்று, கசிதுளிப்படிவு

stalagmite in Kannada

ನೆಲತೊಂಗಲು, ನೀರುಗೋಲು

stalagmite in Tagalog

mineral deposit
estalagmita

stalagmite in Persian

mineral deposit
استالاگمیت estâlâgmit, کلفخشنگ kalafaxšang
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stalagmite in Thai
หินงอก hǐn-ngɔ̂ɔk
stalagmite in Vietnamese
măng đá

Forms of stalagmite

pluralstalagmites

Origin of stalagmite

From New Latin stalagmītēs, from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα (stálagma, “drop”) or σταλαγμός (stalagmós, “dripping”).

Words formed from stalagmite

Questions about stalagmite

What does stalagmite mean?
Stalagmite means a secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.
What is stalagmite in Tamil?
Stalagmite in Tamil is சுண்ணக்கல் புற்று, கசிதுளிப்படிவு. See Stalagmite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stalagmite?
Stalagmite is a noun.
How do you pronounce stalagmite?
Stalagmite is pronounced /stəˈlæɡˌmaɪt/ (US).
What is the plural of stalagmite?
The plural of stalagmite is stalagmites.

Words near stalagmite in the dictionary

  1. stalactitic
  2. stalactitical
  3. stalactitiform
  4. stalactitious
  5. stalag
  6. stalagmite
  7. stalagmites
  8. stalagmitic
  9. stalagmitical
  10. stalagmitically
  11. stalagmometer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stalagmite (page history and authors); stalagmite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stalagmite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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