volcano
see also: Volcano
Etymology

From Italian vulcano, from Latin Vulcānus.

Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /vɒl.ˈkeɪ.nəʊ/, /vɒl.ˈkɑː.nəʊ/
  • (America) IPA: /vɑl.ˈkeɪ.noʊ/, /vɔl.ˈkeɪ.noʊ/
Noun

volcano (plural volcanos or volcanoes)

  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.
Translations Verb

volcano (volcanos, present participle volcanoing; simple past and past participle volcanoed)

  1. to erupt; to burst forth
    • 1951, Phyllis Hambledon, Nobody's Child:
      She shrank back, the words volcanoed, 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 dust volcanoing up into the sky and spreading out to form a gigantic cloud that will persist for days, weeks, perhaps years.

Volcano
Proper noun
  1. CDP in Amador County, California.



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