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1. (n.) volcano
a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.
2. volcano
a mountain or hill, usu. having a cuplike crater at the summit, formed around such a vent from the ash and lava expelled through it.
Etymology: (1605–15; < It < L Volcānus, var. of VulcānusVulcan)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) vent, volcano
a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
2. (noun) volcano
a mountain formed by volcanic material
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1. (noun) volcano
a mountain with a hole at the top through which lava can explode
fears that the volcano could erupt any day; a volcanic eruption
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1. (noun) volcano
a mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain
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Sense: a hill or mountain with an opening through which molten rock, ashes etc periodically erupt, or have erupted in the past, from inside the earth
The village was destroyed when the volcano erupted.
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 Afrikaans: vulkaan |
 Arabic: بُرْكان |
 Bulgarian: вулкан |
 Brazilian: vulcão |
 Czech: sopka |
 German: der Vulkan |
 Danish: vulkan |
 Greek: ηφαίστειο |
 Spanish: volcán |
 Estonian: vulkaan |
 Farsi: کوه آتشفشان |
 Finnish: tulivuori |
 French: volcan |
 Hebrew: הַר גַעַש |
 Hindi: ज्वालामुखीपहाड |
 Croatian: vulkan |
 Hungarian: vulkán |
 Indonesian: gunung berapi |
 Icelandic: eldfjall |
 Italian: vulcano |
 Japanese: 火山 |
 Korean: 화산 |
 Lithuanian: vulkanas |
 Latvian: vulkāns |
 Malay: gunung berapi |
 Dutch: vulkaan |
 Norwegian: vulkan |
 Polish: wulkan |
 Portuguese: vulcão |
 Romanian: vulcan |
 Russian: вулкан |
 Slovak: sopka |
 Slovenian: vulkan |
 Serbian: vulkan |
 Swedish: vulkan |
 Thai: ภูเขาไฟ |
 Turkish: volkan |
 Taiwanese: 火山 |
 Ukrainian: вулкан |
 Urdu: آتش فشاں پہاڑ، جوالا مکھ |
 Vietnamese: núi lửa |
 Chinese: 火山 |
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