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volcanoes

volcanoes is the plural 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

Synonyms of volcanoes

Phrases with volcanoes

Questions about volcanoes

What is volcanoes the plural of?
Volcanoes is the plural of volcano.

Words near volcanoes in the dictionary

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

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