volcano
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//vɒlˈkeɪ.nəʊ//
- United Kingdom//vɒlˈkɑː.nəʊ//
- United Kingdom//vɔlˈkɛjnəw//
- United States//vɑlˈkeɪ.noʊ//
- United States//vɔlˈkeɪ.noʊ//
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.
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 kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.
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.
verb
- 1
to erupt; to burst forth
She shrank back, the words volcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again
Startled, you look up at the horizon just in time to see a gigantic plume of ash and dust volcanoing up into the sky and spreading out to form a gigantic cloud that will persist for days, weeks, perhaps years.
Forms
- plural
- volcanoes, volcanos
- past tense
- volcanoed
- past participle
- volcanoed
- present participle
- volcanoing
- third person singular
- volcanos, volcanoes
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