noun · countable / uncountable · rare

pyroclastic flow

pyroclastic flow · pyroclastic flows

пирокластический поток

pyroklastischer Strom, Glutlawine

A dense flow of volcanic ash, dust, rocks and debris that cascades at high speed down…A dense flow of volcanic ash, dust, rocks and debris that cascades at high speed down the slope of a volcano during an eruption.

UK/paɪ.ɹə(ʊ)ˌklæ.stɪk ˈfləʊ/US/ˈpaɪ.ɹoʊ.klæ.stɪk floʊ/

Meaning

2 senses

(countable)A dense flow of volcanic ash, dust, rocks and debris that cascades at high speed down the slope of a volcano during an eruption.
(uncommon, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pyroclastic, flow: flow (uncountable) of pyroclastic particles.
pyroklastischer Strom, Glutlawine
пирокласти́ческий пото́кpiroklastíčeskij potók