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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)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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
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1. (noun) lava
do (the) laundry
extremely hot material that flows out of a volcano
lava flowing down the mountainside
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Webster Dictionary |
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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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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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.
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Sense: liquid, melted rock etc thrown out from a volcano and becoming solid as it cools.
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 Afrikaans: lawa |
 Arabic: حُمَم بُرْكانيَّه |
 Bulgarian: лава |
 Brazilian: lava |
 Czech: láva |
 German: die Lava |
 Danish: lava |
 Greek: λάβα |
 Spanish: lava |
 Estonian: laava |
 Farsi: گدازه |
 Finnish: laava |
 French: lave |
 Hebrew: לַבָּה |
 Hindi: लावा, ज्वालामुखी से निकलन |
 Croatian: lava |
 Hungarian: láva |
 Indonesian: lahar |
 Icelandic: hraun(kvika) |
 Italian: lava |
 Japanese: 溶岩 |
 Korean: 용암 |
 Lithuanian: lava |
 Latvian: lava |
 Malay: lava |
 Dutch: lava |
 Norwegian: lava |
 Polish: lawa |
 Persian: ،مايع ،ذوب شده گدازه |
 Pashto: ويلى شوى ،اوبه شوى |
 Portuguese: lava |
 Romanian: lavă |
 Russian: лава |
 Slovak: láva |
 Slovenian: lava |
 Serbian: lava |
 Swedish: lava |
 Thai: ลาวา |
 Turkish: lav |
 Taiwanese: 熔岩 |
 Ukrainian: лава |
 Urdu: آتش فشاں چٹانوں سے ابلنے |
 Vietnamese: dung nham |
 Chinese: 熔岩 |
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