magma

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mag=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

magma, n. [L., fr. Gr. , fr. to squeeze, knead.].

•  Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste.  Ure.  [1913 Webster]
•  A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol.  Dunglison.  [1913 Webster]
•  The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma of porphyry.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

magma, n. (pl. magmata or magmas)
1 fluid or semifluid material from which igneous rock is formed by cooling.
2 a crude pasty mixture of mineral or organic matter.

Derivative

magmatic adj.

Etymology

ME, = a solid residue f. L f. Gk magma -atos f. the root of masso knead

ROGET THESAURUS

magma

Mixture

N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.