Volcanic

//vɒlˈkænɪk// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

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."

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes. not-comparable
"volcanic heat"
2
Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies. not-comparable
"volcanic tufa"
3
Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. not-comparable
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
igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt wordnet
2
explosively unstable wordnet
3
relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes wordnet

Synonyms

agitable bursting combustible detonating edgy emotional

Example

"The surface of the earth rose due to the volcanic activity."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

ice-volcanic volcanic ash volcanic block volcanic bomb volcanic cone volcanic field volcanic glass volcanic lightning volcanic neck volcanic pipe volcanic sulfur volcanic sulphur

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