volcano
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.
Example
“Iceland's volcanoes are among the most active on Earth.”
Other meanings
A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.
A kind of
- crack
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "Vulcānus" (Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “volcano” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.