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vulcano

vulcano is the obsolete form 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

Forms of vulcano

pluralvulcanos
pluralvulcanoes

Questions about vulcano

What is vulcano the obsolete form of?
Vulcano is the obsolete form of volcano.

Words near vulcano in the dictionary

  1. vulcanizers
  2. vulcanizes
  3. vulcanizing
  4. vulcanizing shop
  5. vulcanizing shops
  6. vulcano
  7. vulcanodontid
  8. vulcanodontids
  9. vulcanoes
  10. vulcanoid
  11. vulcanoids

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