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volcanic

Syllables: vol·can·ic/vɒlˈkænɪk/US/vɔlˈkænɪk/

volcanic adjective: of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.

Adjective

volcanic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
    • volcanic heat
    • volcanic activity
  2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies.
    • volcanic tufa
    • volcanic ash
  3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
  4. (figuratively) Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
    • Jo rose indignified, Vanessa following in her volcanic wake.1980 August 2, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 15
    • With that the system was complete, and ready to have its disastrous effect on Martin Luther's volcanic temper.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 556

Noun

volcanic (plural volcanics)

  1. A volcanic rock.
    • The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous volcanic group of volcanoes and lava flows in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.

volcanic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

volcanic in Hindi

of or pertaining to a volcano
ज्वालामुखीय jvālāmukhīya, आग्नेय āgney
produced by a volcano
ज्वालामुखीय jvālāmukhīya, आग्नेय āgney

volcanic in Tamil

எரிமலைக்குரிய

volcanic in Marathi

ज्वालामुखीय

volcanic in Urdu

آتش فشانی, برکانی
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volcanic in Malayalam
അഗ്നിപർവ്വതത്തെ സംബംന്ധിച്ച, കോപംകൊണ്ട് സ്ഫോടകാത്മകമായ
volcanic in Arabic
بُرْكَانِيّ burkāniyy
volcanic in Indonesian
vulkanis

Examples of volcanic in a sentence

  • Tremendous magmic pressure built up beneath the earth, causing a volcanic eruption.
  • A volcanic eruption is an impressive phenomenon.
  • Volcanic ejection covered the village in ash.

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Synonyms of volcanic

Forms of volcanic

pluralvolcanics

Origin of volcanic

From French volcanique, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) + -ic.

Words formed from volcanic

Phrases with volcanic

Words that rhyme with volcanic

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Questions about volcanic

What does volcanic mean?
Volcanic means of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
What is volcanic in Hindi?
Volcanic in Hindi is ज्वालामुखीय (jvālāmukhīya), आग्नेय (āgney). See Volcanic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is volcanic?
Volcanic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce volcanic?
Volcanic is pronounced /vɒlˈkænɪk/ (UK).

Words near volcanic in the dictionary

  1. volcan-
  2. Volcanalia
  3. volcanello
  4. volcanellos
  5. volcanian
  6. volcanic
  7. volcanic ash
  8. volcanic ashes
  9. volcanic block
  10. volcanic bomb
  11. volcanic bombs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: volcanic (page history and authors); volcanic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); volcanic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volcanic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); volcanic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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