Lava synonyms

lä'və, lăv'ə

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pumice
An extremely porous, glassy, extrusive igneous rock typically light enough to float on water, used as an abrasive and in making soaps, polishes, etc.
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magma (related)
The definition of magma is the molten rock material under the Earth's crust or a suspension of particles in a liquid.
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volcanic rock
Igneous rock, as basalt, that solidified rapidly from molten lava at or near the earth's surface
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igneous-rock
(Geology) one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the cooling of molten rock, either below the surface (intrusive) or on the surface (extrusive)
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basalt
(Mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
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slag
The vitreous mass left as a residue by the smelting of metallic ore. It consists mostly of the siliceous and aluminous impurities from the iron ore.
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basaltic (related)
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volcanic (related)
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stalagmite (related)
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volcano (related)
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ashes
Ruins or remains, as of a destroyed civilization
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coulee
(Louisiana & Southern Mississippi) A streambed, often dry according to the season.
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obsidian
(Mineralogy) a type of black glass produced by volcanoes
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andesitic (related)
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rhyolite (related)
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scoria (related)
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pyroclastic (related)
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crater (related)
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rhyolitic (related)
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rock (related)
(Uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
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cloud (related)
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aa pahoehoe pillow lava (related)
The igneous rock formed when this substance cools and hardens. Depending on its composition and the rate at which it cools, lava can be glassy, very finely grained, ropelike, or coarsely grained. When it cools underwater, it cools in pillow-shaped masses.
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Lava Sentence Examples

  • Great streams of lava flowed from the crater in ancient times.

  • The lava is a basic augiteandesite.

  • Less than a days' march north of here is a lava field.

  • The different kinds of lava are more fully described in the article Volcano.

  • Besides the plant beds extensive outflows of basic lava rest directly upon the Cambrian and Ordovician strata.

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