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hornito

hornito noun: a low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, emitting smoke and vapours from its sides and summit.

Noun

hornito (plural hornitos or hornitoes)

  1. A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, emitting smoke and vapours from its sides and summit.
    • When Humboldt visited this place, the natives assured him that the heat of the hornitos had formerly been much greater. The thermometer rose to 203° when placed in the fissures exhaling aqueous vapour.1832, The travels and researches of Alexander von Humboldt

Forms of hornito

pluralhornitos
pluralhornitoes

Origin of hornito

Diminutive from Spanish horno (“oven”), from Latin furnus. See furnace.

Questions about hornito

What does hornito mean?
Hornito means a low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, emitting smoke and vapours from its sides and summit.
What part of speech is hornito?
Hornito is a noun.
What is the plural of hornito?
The plural of hornito is hornitos.

Words near hornito in the dictionary

  1. Horningsea Park
  2. Horningsham
  3. hornish
  4. hornist
  5. hornists
  6. hornito
  7. hornitoes
  8. hornitos
  9. hornless
  10. hornlessness
  11. hornlet

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