Pumice (Verb)
Meaning
Rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The calluses on her feet were finally smoothed after a long time of soaking and rubbing them with pumice stone in the bathroom every night.
- Her esthetician used pumice on her heels to give her a smoother finish and prepare her for upcoming sandal season.
- She found the pumice stone being rubbed on his hands was quite abrasive but eventually gave them a cleaner and softer look.
- The lady put some pumice in her foot scrub for the salon treatments to make it more effective at getting rid of dry skin for clients.
- She rubbed the scratched chrome pipe with wet pumice to clean it well, despite someone suggesting steel wool would be fine too.