volcano

CEFRB1

/vɒlˈkeɪ.nəʊ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A mountain that can send out hot rock, ash, and gas.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.

Examples

  • Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.

  • The volcano could erupt at any time.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈʋɔːl.ke(ː).noː/
  • /vɑlˈkeɪ.noʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. to erupt; to burst forth

  2. 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.

More examples

In context

  • The volcano shoots out flames and lava.

  • Iceland's volcanoes are among the most active on Earth.

  • She shrank back, the words volcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again

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The massive blank erupted, sending ash and smoke high into the sky.

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Origin

noun

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.