Volcano
//vɒlˈkeɪ.nəʊ// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
"Iceland's volcanoes are among the most active on Earth."
- 2 a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt wordnet
- 3 A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.
- 4 a mountain formed by volcanic material wordnet
Verb
- 1 to erupt; to burst forth
"She shrank back, the words volcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again"
Proper Noun
- 1 A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
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More examples"The volcano shoots out flames and lava."
Etymology
From Italian vulcano, from Vulcano (“a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea”), from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”). Doublet of bolcane and Vulcan.
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