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flowtop

US/ˈfloʊtɑp/

flowtop noun: the solid crust on a moving lava flow.

Noun

flowtop (plural flowtops)

  1. The solid crust on a moving lava flow.
    • they formed as gas vented from fixed sources at depth, ripping continuous openings through the moving flowtop.2007 September 21, Jaeger et al., "Athabasca Valles, Mars: A Lava-Draped Channel System" in Science 317(5845), page 1710 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/317/5845/1709

Forms of flowtop

pluralflowtops

Origin of flowtop

From flow + top.

Questions about flowtop

What does flowtop mean?
Flowtop means the solid crust on a moving lava flow.
What part of speech is flowtop?
Flowtop is a noun.
How do you pronounce flowtop?
Flowtop is pronounced /ˈfloʊtɑp/ (US).
What is the plural of flowtop?
The plural of flowtop is flowtops.

Words near flowtop in the dictionary

  1. flowthrough
  2. flowthroughs
  3. flowtime
  4. flowtimes
  5. Flowton
  6. flowtop
  7. flowtops
  8. flowy
  9. flox
  10. flox silk
  11. floxacillin

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