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Word entry · 7 letters

volcano

Best crossword clue

"Lava mountain"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /vɒlˈkeɪ.nəʊ/Part of speech nounSorted aclnoovStarts with VEnds with O4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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

01Lava mountain7 letters
02Mountain that erupts7 letters
03Source of lava7 letters
04Lava-spewing mountain7 letters

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