volcano
UK/vɒlˈkeɪ.nəʊ/
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British/vɔlˈkɛjnəw/
volcano noun: a vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
Noun
volcano (plural volcanoes or volcanos)
- A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
- Iceland's volcanoes are among the most active on Earth.
- A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.
Verb
volcano (third-person singular simple present volcanos or volcanoes, present participle volcanoing, simple past and past participle volcanoed)
- to erupt; to burst forth
- She shrank back, the words volcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again1951, Phyllis Hambledon, Nobody's Child
- Startled, you look up at the horizon just in time to see a gigantic plume of ash and dust volcanoing up into the sky and spreading out to form a gigantic cloud that will persist for days, weeks, perhaps years.2012, George Pratt, Peter Lambrou, John David Mann, Code to Joy: The Four-Step Solution to Unlocking Your Natural State of Happiness
Proper noun capitalized: Volcano
Volcano
volcano meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
volcano in Hindi
- mountain containing a magma chamber
- ज्वालामुखी jvālāmukhī
volcano in Tamil
- mountain containing a magma chamber
- எரிமலை erimalai
volcano in Marathi
- mountain containing a magma chamber
- ज्वालामुखी jvālāmukhī
volcano in Urdu
- mountain containing a magma chamber
- آتِش فِشاں ātiś fiśā̃, بُرْکان burkān, جوالا مُکھی jvālā mukhī
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- volcano in Bengali
- আগ্নেয়গিরি agneẏgiri
- volcano in Telugu
- అగ్నిపర్వతము agniparvatamu, జ్వాలాముఖి jvālāmukhi
- volcano in Malayalam
- അഗ്നിപർവ്വതം agnipaṟvvataṁ
- volcano in Kannada
- ಜ್ವಾಲಾಮುಖಿ jvālāmukhi, ಅಗ್ನಿಪರ್ವತ agniparvata, ಉರಿಬೆಟ್ಟ uribeṭṭa
- volcano in Punjabi
- ਜੁਆਲਾਮੁਖੀ juālāmukhī, ਅੱਗਪਹਾੜ aggaphāṛ
- volcano in Gujarati
- જ્વાલામુખી jvālāmukhī
- volcano in Odia
- ଜ୍ୱାଳାମୁଖୀ jwāḷāmukhi
- volcano in Sanskrit
- अग्निपर्वत agniparvata
- volcano in Sinhala
- ගිනි කඳු gini kaⁿdu
- volcano in Assamese
- আগ্নেয়গিৰি agnegiri, জ্বালামুখী zalamukhi
- volcano in Nepali
- ज्वालामुखी jwālāmukhī
- volcano in Pashto
- آتشفشان ātešfešãn, اورشيندی orší́nday
- volcano in Tagalog
- bulkan
- volcano in Arabic
- بُرْكَان burkān, جَبَلُ النَّار jabalu n-nār
- volcano in Malay
- gunung berapi
- volcano in Indonesian
- gunung berapi, gunung api
- volcano in Thai
- ภูเขาไฟ puu-kǎo-fai
- volcano in Vietnamese
- núi lửa, hoả diệm sơn, hoả diễm sơn
- volcano in Myanmar
- မီးတောင် mi:taung
Examples of volcano in a sentence
- A lobe of lava was crawling down the side of the volcano.
- Certain minerals may exsolve into the atmosphere from an erupting volcano.
- Climbing so close to an erupting volcano was tickling the dragon's tail.
Forms of volcano
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | volcanoes |
| plural | volcanos |
| alternative form (obsolete) | vulcano |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | volcanos |
| third-person singular present | volcanoes |
| present participle | volcanoing |
| past participle | volcanoed |
| past | volcanoed |
Origin of volcano
From Italian vulcano, from Vulcano (“a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea”), from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”). Doublet of bolcane and Vulcan.
Words formed from volcano
- hypervolcano
- paleovolcano
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- vog
- volcanello
- volcanic
- volcanism
- volcanist
- volcanistic
- volcanite
- volcanization
- volcano boarding
- volcano bowl
- volcano cake
- volcanogenic
- Volcano Islands
- volcanolike
- volcanology
- volcano plot
- volcano potato
- volcano rabbit
- volcano surfing
- Volcanoville
Phrases with volcano
- ice volcano
- mud volcano
- Mayon Volcano
- onion volcano
- table volcano
- volcano bowls
- volcano plots
- active volcano
- Decade Volcano
- shield volcano
- complex volcano
- dormant volcano
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Questions about volcano
- What does volcano mean?
- Volcano means a vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
- What is volcano in Hindi?
- Volcano in Hindi is ज्वालामुखी (jvālāmukhī). See Volcano meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is volcano?
- Volcano can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce volcano?
- Volcano is pronounced /vɒlˈkeɪ.nəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of volcano?
- The plural of volcano is volcanoes.
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