volcano

- See Also:
- - vol.
  - volant
  - Volapük
  - volar
  - volatile
  - volatile oil
  - volcanic
  - volcanic glass
  - volcanicity
  - volcanism
  - volcano
  - volcanology
  - vole
  - volet
  - volition
  - volk
  - Völkerwanderung
  - volley
  - volleyball
  - volplane
  - vols
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
volcano/vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ/

▶noun (pl. volcanoes or volcanos) a mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.

– origin C17: from Ital., from L. Volcanus ‘Vulcan’, the Roman god of fire.

'volcano' also found in these Oxford entries:

active - bomb - caldera - cone - crater - dormant - erupt - extinct - fumarole - lahar - lapilli - lava - nuée ardente - plug - pyroclastic - scoria - shield volcano - slag - solfatara - stratovolcano - vent - volcanic - Vulcanian

Forum discussions with the word(s) "volcano" in the title:

smoking vulcano [volcano]

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "volcano" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "volcano" at dictionary.com

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Report an inappropriate ad.

Online Language Dictionaries

volcano