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Volcanic

//vɒlˈkænɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes. not-comparable

    "volcanic heat"

  2. 2
    Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies. not-comparable

    "volcanic tufa"

  3. 3
    Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc. figuratively, not-comparable

    "Jo rose indignified, Vanessa following in her volcanic wake."

Adjective
  1. 1
    igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt wordnet
  2. 2
    explosively unstable wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A volcanic rock.

    "The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous volcanic group of volcanoes and lava flows in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French volcanique, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) + -ic.

Etymology 2

From French volcanique, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) + -ic.

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