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volcanic bombs

volcanic bombs is the plural of volcanic bomb.

Meaning of volcanic bomb

Noun

volcanic bomb (plural volcanic bombs)

  1. A tephra, larger than 64 mm (2.5 inches) in diameter, formed when a volcano ejects viscous fragments of lava during an eruption.
    • Fragment of a spherical volcanic bomb, with the interior parts coarsely cellular, coated by a concentric layer of compact lava, and this again by a crust of finely cellular rock1844, Charles Darwin, Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
    Synonyms:
    lava bomb

Questions about volcanic bombs

What is volcanic bombs the plural of?
Volcanic bombs is the plural of volcanic bomb.

Words near volcanic bombs in the dictionary

  1. volcanic
  2. volcanic ash
  3. volcanic ashes
  4. volcanic block
  5. volcanic bomb
  6. volcanic bombs
  7. volcanic cone
  8. volcanic field
  9. volcanic glass
  10. volcanic glasses
  11. volcanic lightning

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