Lava

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Molten rock that reaches the earth's surface through a volcano or fissure.
  • n. The rock formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten rock.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
  • n. Magma.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Molten rock which issues from a volcano during an eruption; the same when cooled and hardened.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    block lava    ropy lava    lava millstone    lavaware    pahoehoe    aa   
    Hyponym
    aa    pahoehoe    pillow lava   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    coulee    slag    pumice    bomb   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cava    Java    Sava    bava    cava    fava    guava    java    slava   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sandstone    basalt    slag    cinder    chalk    gravel    quartz    shale    débris    ice