Maar
/mɑː/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A broad volcanic crater, usually filled with water to form a lake.
- 2 a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water wordnet
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Borrowed from German Maar; English usage from 1825, from Vulgar Latin *mara (“standing water”), from Latin mare (“sea”). Doublet of mare (“a large, dark plain; a lake on Titan”) and mere (“a body of standing water”).