volcano
A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet with a magma chamber attached to the…A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
» The volcano has erupted twice this year.
Der Vulkan ist heuer zweimal ausgebrochen.
Вулкан извергался дважды в этом году.
Цього року виверження вулкану сталося двічі.
Meaning
2 sensesA vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
Iceland's volcanoes are among the most active on Earth.
Vulkan, Feuerberg, feuerspeiender Berg
вулка́нvulkán
вулка́нvulkán
a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.
Examples
126 sentencesThe volcano has erupted twice this year.
Цього року виверження вулкану сталося двічі.
ruВулкан извергался дважды в этом году.
deDer Vulkan ist heuer zweimal ausgebrochen.
Iceland has many volcanoes.
В Ісландії багато вулканів.
ruВ Исландии много вулканов.
deIsland hat viele Vulkane.
The volcano has become active again.
ruВулкан проснулся.
deDer Vulkan ist wieder aktiv.
The volcano erupts at regular intervals.
deDer Vulkan bricht in regelmäßigen Abständen aus.
That mountain is an active volcano.
Translations
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Origin
From Italian vulcano, from Vulcano (“a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea”), fromFrom Italian vulcano, from Vulcano (“a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea”), from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”). Doublet of bolcane and Vulcan.
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Forms
plural: volcanoes / volcanosSynonyms
1 synonyms- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt:vent