volcano
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- Regno Unito//vɒlˈkeɪ.nəʊ//
- Regno Unito//vɒlˈkɑː.nəʊ//
- Regno Unito//vɔlˈkɛjnəw//
- Stati Uniti//vɑlˈkeɪ.noʊ//
- Stati Uniti//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.
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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.
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A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.
Etimologia
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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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.
Forme
- plurale
- volcanoes, volcanos
- passato
- volcanoed
- participio passato
- volcanoed
- participio presente
- volcanoing
- 3ª persona singolare
- volcanos, volcanoes
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