maar
/mɑː/US/mɑːɹ/
maar noun: a broad volcanic crater, usually filled with water to form a lake.
Noun
Forms of maar
| plural | maars |
|---|---|
| plural | maare |
Origin of maar
English usage from 1825, from German Maar, of uncertain origin (see the German entry for theories), possibly from Vulgar Latin *mara (“standing water”), from Latin mare (“sea”), and thus a Doublet of mare (“a large, dark plain; a lake on Titan”) and mere (“a body of standing water”).
Words that rhyme with maar
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- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- bazaar
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- barre
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- czar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- noir
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- tsar
- TTR
- upbar
- USSR
- yar
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
Questions about maar
- What does maar mean?
- Maar means a broad volcanic crater, usually filled with water to form a lake.
- What part of speech is maar?
- Maar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce maar?
- Maar is pronounced /mɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of maar?
- The plural of maar is maars.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: maar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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