What is the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite?
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Stalagmite
//stəˈlæɡˌmaɪt//
Synonyms for "stalagmite" (6 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պտկաքար noun (mineral deposit)
Belarusian
2 entries- сталагмі́т noun (mineral deposit)
- сталягмі́т noun (mineral deposit)
Catalan
1 entries- estalagmita noun (mineral deposit)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 石筍 /石笋 noun (mineral deposit)
Czech
1 entries- stalagmit noun (mineral deposit)
Dutch
2 entries- druipsteen noun (mineral deposit)
- druipsteenkegel noun (mineral deposit)
Esperanto
1 entries- stalagmito noun (mineral deposit)
Finnish
2 entries- stalagmiitti noun (mineral deposit)
- tippukivipylväs noun (mineral deposit)
French
1 entries- stalagmite noun (mineral deposit)
Georgian
1 entries- სტალაგმიტი noun (mineral deposit)
German
1 entries- Stalagmit noun (mineral deposit)
Greek
1 entries- σταλαγμίτης noun (mineral deposit)
Hungarian
1 entries- sztalagmit noun (mineral deposit)
Icelandic
1 entries- dropasteinskerti noun (mineral deposit)
Irish
1 entries- aolchoinneal noun (mineral deposit)
Japanese
1 entries- 石筍 noun (mineral deposit)
Kazakh
1 entries- тасқада noun (mineral deposit)
Korean
1 entries- 석순 noun (mineral deposit)
Māori
1 entries- keotū noun (mineral deposit)
Persian
2 entries- استالاگمیت noun (mineral deposit)
- کلفخشنگ noun (mineral deposit)
Polish
1 entries- stalagmit noun (mineral deposit)
Portuguese
1 entries- estalagmite noun (mineral deposit)
Russian
1 entries- сталагми́т noun (mineral deposit)
Slovene
1 entries- stalagmit noun (mineral deposit)
Spanish
1 entries- estalagmita noun (mineral deposit)
Swedish
1 entries- stalagmit noun (mineral deposit)
Tagalog
1 entries- estalagmita noun (mineral deposit)
Thai
1 entries- หินงอก noun (mineral deposit)
Turkish
1 entries- dikit noun (mineral deposit)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сталагмі́т noun (mineral deposit)
Vietnamese
1 entries- măng đá noun (mineral deposit)
Sample sentences
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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.
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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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
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