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cinder cones

cinder cones is the plural of cinder cone.

Meaning of cinder cone

Noun

cinder cone (plural cinder cones)

  1. A conical deposit of rock fragments around a volcano.
    • The expiring energies of these volcanic agencies have piled up huge cinder cones that stand along the fissures, red, brown, and black, naked of vegetation, and conspicuous landmarks, set as they are in contrast to the bright, variegated rocks of sedimentary origin.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...
    Synonyms:
    scoria cone

Questions about cinder cones

What is cinder cones the plural of?
Cinder cones is the plural of cinder cone.

Words near cinder cones in the dictionary

  1. Cincy
  2. cinder
  3. cinder block
  4. cinder blocks
  5. cinder cone
  6. cinder cones
  7. cinder dick
  8. cinder dicks
  9. cinder tea
  10. cinder toffee
  11. cinder-block

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