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sulphatara

sulphatara is the alternative form of solfatara.

Meaning of solfatara

Noun

solfatara (plural solfataras or solfatare)

  1. An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam.
    • Under these solfataras, (which, at each eruption from the volcano, emitted greater quantities of hot steams) are several hot wells, close to the high-water mark, which, however, seem not to be in the least sulphureous.1778, Johann Reinhold Forster, Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World, on Physical Geography, Natural History, and Ethic Philosophy, page 25

Forms of sulphatara

pluralsulphataras

Questions about sulphatara

What is sulphatara the alternative form of?
Sulphatara is the alternative form of solfatara.

Words near sulphatara in the dictionary

  1. sulphas
  2. sulphasalazine
  3. sulphasalazines
  4. sulphasomidine
  5. sulphat
  6. sulphatara
  7. sulphataras
  8. sulphatase
  9. sulphatases
  10. sulphate
  11. sulphate of copper

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sulphatara (page history and authors); solfatara (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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