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volcanoe

volcanoe is the misspelling of volcano.

Meaning of volcano

Noun

volcano (plural volcanoes or volcanos)

  1. 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.
  2. A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.

See all 4 meanings of volcano

Origin of volcanoe

Usually a misconstruction based on the fact that volcanoes can be a plural form of volcano.

Questions about volcanoe

What is volcanoe the misspelling of?
Volcanoe is the misspelling of volcano.

Words near volcanoe in the dictionary

  1. volcanoarenite
  2. volcanoarenites
  3. volcanoboarding
  4. volcanoclastic
  5. volcanoclastics
  6. volcanoe
  7. volcanoed
  8. volcanoes
  9. volcanogenic
  10. volcanogenically
  11. volcanogenous

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