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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Which type of rock am I?
a very fine-grained material that consists of hydrated aluminium silicate, quartz, and organic fragments and occurs as sedimentary rocks, soils, and other deposits. It becomes plastic when moist but hardens on heating and is used in the manufacture of bricks, cement, ceramics, etc
Which type of rock am I?
a sandstone consisting of grains of feldspar and quartz cemented by a mixture of quartz and clay minerals
Which type of rock am I?
a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium carbonate, deposited as the calcareous remains of marine animals or chemically precipitated from the sea: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of cement, lime, etc
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a light-coloured coarse-grained plutonic igneous rock consisting of feldspars with hornblende or biotite
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a light-coloured fine-grained accumulation of clay and silt particles that have been deposited by the wind
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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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