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Pele's tears

Pele's tears noun: small black pieces of solidified lava formed when airborne particles of molten material fuse into tear-like drops of volcanic glass.

Noun

Pele's tears pl (normally plural, singular Pele's tear)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Small black pieces of solidified lava formed when airborne particles of molten material fuse into tear-like drops of volcanic glass.

Forms of Pele's tears

singularPele's tear

Origin of Pele's tears

Named after Pele, the Hawaiian fire goddess of volcanoes.

Questions about Pele's tears

What does Pele's tears mean?
Pele's tears means small black pieces of solidified lava formed when airborne particles of molten material fuse into tear-like drops of volcanic glass.
What part of speech is Pele's tears?
Pele's tears is a noun.

Words near Pele's tears in the dictionary

  1. PELCO
  2. Pelcs
  3. Pele
  4. Pele's hair
  5. Pele's tear
  6. Pele's tears
  7. Pele-type
  8. pelea
  9. Pelean
  10. peleas
  11. pelecan

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