Definitions for igneous

Overview of adj igneous

The adj igneous has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. igneous, pyrogenic, pyrogenous

(produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata")

2. igneous, eruptive

(produced by the action of fire or intense heat; "rocks formed by igneous agents")

3. fiery, igneous

(like or suggestive of fire; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere")