Definition of 'lava'
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lava in British English
noun
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C18: from Italian (Neapolitan dialect), from Latin lavāre to wash
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lava in American English
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lava in American English
(ˈlɑːvə, ˈlævə)
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2.
the rock formed when this solidifies, occurring in many varieties differing greatly in structure and constitution
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[1740–50; ‹ It, orig. Neapolitan dial.: avalanche ‹ L lābēs a sliding down, falling, akin to lābī to slide]Examples of 'lava' in a sentence
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a microcrystalline form of silica usually occurring as bands or layers of pebbles in sedimentary rock. Formula: SiO2. Varieties include flint, lyddite (Lydian stone)
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a compact lustrous metamorphic rock, rich in mica, derived from a shale or other clay-rich rock
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an unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments that is coarser than sand
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a soft fine-grained white sedimentary rock consisting of nearly pure calcium carbonate, containing minute fossil fragments of marine organisms, usually without a cementing material
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any of a group of basic igneous rocks consisting of feldspathoids and ferromagnesian minerals, esp biotite: occurring as dykes and minor intrusions
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British English: lava
/ˈlɑːvə/ NOUN
Lava is the very hot liquid rock that comes out of a volcano.
... the lava and ash from the volcano.
- American English: lava /ˈlævə, ˈlɑvə/
- Arabic: حِمَمٌ بُرْكَانِيَّةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: lava
- Chinese: 熔岩
- Croatian: lava
- Czech: láva
- Danish: lava
- Dutch: lava
- European Spanish: lava
- Finnish: laava
- French: lave
- German: Lava
- Greek: λάβα
- Italian: lava
- Japanese: 溶岩
- Korean: 용암
- Norwegian: lava
- Polish: lawa
- European Portuguese: lava
- Romanian: lavă
- Russian: лава
- Latin American Spanish: lava
- Swedish: lava
- Thai: ลาวา (หินหลอมเหลวจากภูเขาไฟระเบิด)
- Turkish: lav
- Ukrainian: лава
- Vietnamese: nham thạch
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