Definitions
a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“Iceland's volcanoes are among the most active on Earth.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Lava mountain”7 letters
02“Mountain that erupts”7 letters
03“Source of lava”7 letters
04“Lava-spewing mountain”7 letters
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