lava
The molten rock ejected by a volcano from a vent such as a crater or fissureThe molten rock ejected by a volcano from a vent such as a crater or fissure; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.
» Tom is a solid and determined man, but sometimes he's as impetuous as a river of molten lava.
Tom ist ein zuverlässiger, zielstrebiger Mann. Aber manchmal ist er ungestüm wie ein Strom flüssiger Lava.
Том - твердий і рішучий чоловік, але часом він такий же бурхливий, як річка розплавленої лави.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)The molten rock ejected by a volcano from a vent such as a crater or fissure; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.
Lava
ла́ваláva
ла́ваláva
rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanoes; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
(countable)A body of lava.
(countable, dated, uncountable)Solidified lava.
(countable, informal, proscribed, uncountable)Magma.
(countable, uncountable)A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.
(colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Hot water.
Examples
34 sentencesTom is a solid and determined man, but sometimes he's as impetuous as a river of molten lava.
Том - твердий і рішучий чоловік, але часом він такий же бурхливий, як річка розплавленої лави.
deTom ist ein zuverlässiger, zielstrebiger Mann. Aber manchmal ist er ungestüm wie ein Strom flüssiger Lava.
The lava is destroying everything in its path.
deDie Lava zerstört alles, was sich ihr in den Weg stellt.
The lava flow destroyed everything in its path.
ruПоток лавы уничтожил всё на своём пути.
Kilauea volcano began spurting lava Sunday after two years of relative silence.
Вулкан Кілауеа почав виплескувати лаву в неділю після двох років відносної тиші.
The floor is lava.
Підлога — лава!
ruПол – это лава.
deDer Boden ist Lava!
Translations
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Origin
From Italian, from Neapolitan and Sicilian lava (“lava; downpour overflowing the streets”)From Italian, from Neapolitan and Sicilian lava (“lava; downpour overflowing the streets”), likely from Latin lābēs (“a fall; a collapse; subsidence”); compare lābīna (“landslide”). A supposed relation with lavare (“to wash”) is now widely discredited, nor is there probably any relation with Arabic لابة (lāba, “black volcanic rock”). Alternatively, the Romance words are connected with Provençal lavo, lauvo (“flat stone”), from a Vulgar Latin source borrowed from a Celtic language such as Gaulish *lawā, but ultimately of obscure origin; see Proto-Celtic *līwos for details.
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Forms
plural: lavasWord family
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