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English

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Volcano on an island (Stromboli)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromItalianvulcano, fromLatinVulcānus(“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”).Doublet ofbolcane andVulcan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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volcano (pluralvolcanoesorvolcanos)

  1. A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with amagma chamber attached to themantle of aplanet ormoon, periodicallyerupting forthlava and volcanicgases onto the surface.
    Iceland'svolcanoes are among the most active on Earth.
  2. A kind offirework producing an upward plume of sparks.

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Descendants

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Translations

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mountain containing a magma chamber

See also

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Verb

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volcano (third-person singular simple presentvolcanosorvolcanoes,present participlevolcanoing,simple past and past participlevolcanoed)

  1. toerupt; toburst forth
    • 1951, Phyllis Hambledon,Nobody's Child:
      She shrank back, the wordsvolcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again
    • 2012, George Pratt, Peter Lambrou, John David Mann,Code to Joy: The Four-Step Solution to Unlocking Your Natural State of Happiness:
      Startled, you look up at the horizon just in time to see a gigantic plume of ash and dustvolcanoing up into the sky and spreading out to form a gigantic cloud that will persist for days, weeks, perhaps years.

References

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  1. ^Jespersen, Otto (1909)A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings,London:George Allen & Unwin, published1961,§ 10.572,page304.

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