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 Definitions of LAVA  [ˈlɑ və, ˈlæv ə]  

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Definition of 'LAVA' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) lava
the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent.

2.  lava
the rock formed when this solidifies, occurring in many structurally different varieties.

Etymology:  (1740–50; < It, orig. Neapolitan dial.: avalanche &indirdesc; L lābēs a sliding down, falling)

Definition of 'LAVA' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) lava
rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface


Definition of 'LAVA' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) lava
do (the) laundry
extremely hot material that flows out of a volcano
lava flowing down the mountainside


Definition of 'LAVA' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) LAVA
the melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States


Definitions of 'LAVA' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  LAVA
a general term for all rocks originating in molten streams from volcanoes, includes traps, basalts, pumice, and others; the surface of a lava stream cools and hardens quickly, presenting a cellulose structure, while below the heat is retained much longer and the rock when cooled is compact and columnar or crystalline; the largest recorded lava flow was from Skaptar Jökull, Iceland, in 1783.


Translation of 'LAVA' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: liquid, melted rock etc thrown out from a volcano and becoming solid as it cools.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: lawa Arabic flag Arabic: حُمَم بُرْكانيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: лава
Brazilian flag Brazilian: lava Czech flag Czech: láva German flag German: die Lava
Danish flag Danish: lava Greek flag Greek: λάβα Spanish flag Spanish: lava
Estonian flag Estonian: laava Farsi flag Farsi: گدازه Finnish flag Finnish: laava
French flag French: lave Hebrew flag Hebrew: לַבָּה Hindi flag Hindi: लावा, ज्वालामुखी से निकलन
Croatian flag Croatian: lava Hungarian flag Hungarian: láva Indonesian flag Indonesian: lahar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hraun(kvika) Italian flag Italian: lava Japanese flag Japanese: 溶岩
Korean flag Korean: 용암 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: lava Latvian flag Latvian: lava
Malay flag Malay: lava Dutch flag Dutch: lava Norwegian flag Norwegian: lava
Polish flag Polish: lawa Persian flag Persian: ،مايع ،ذوب شده گدازه Pashto flag Pashto: ويلى شوى ،اوبه شوى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: lava Romanian flag Romanian: lavă Russian flag Russian: лава
Slovak flag Slovak: láva Slovenian flag Slovenian: lava Serbian flag Serbian: lava
Swedish flag Swedish: lava Thai flag Thai: ลาวา Turkish flag Turkish: lav
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 熔岩 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: лава Urdu flag Urdu: آتش فشاں چٹانوں سے ابلنے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dung nham Chinese flag Chinese: 熔岩

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