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Caldera

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A large crater formed by volcanic explosion or by collapse of a volcanic cone.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A large crater formed by a volcanic explosion or by collapse of the cone of a volcano.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A large kettle or caldron; hence, in geology, an amphitheatrical depression in a volcanic formation.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression

Word Usage

"I believe it has its own atmosphere because it is built in what you call a caldera, but I may have picked that information up from like a Syfy TV movie about the Coming Global Superstorm, or invented it in my own mind."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

crater volcanic crater

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Berra Canberra Cara Chimera Clara

Same Context

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