About The Word Lava
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Lava
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What's The Definition Of Lava?
[n] rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
Synonyms | Synonyms for Lava: Related Terms | Find terms related to Lava: aa | abyssal rock | ash | ashes | basalt | bedrock | block lava | brand | brash | breccia | calx | carbon | charcoal | cinder | clinker | coal | coke | conglomerate | coom | crag | dross | druid stone | festooned pahoehoe | fume | gneiss | granite | igneous rock | limestone | living rock | magma | mantlerock | metamorphic rock | monolith | pahoehoe | pillow lava | porphyry | pudding stone | reek | regolith | rock | ropy lava | rubble | rubblestone | sandstone | sarsen | schist | scoria | scree | sedimentary rock | shelly pahoehoe | slag | smoke | smudge | smut | soot | stone | sullage | talus | tufa | tuff See Also | pillow lava | volcanic rock Lava In Webster's Dictionary \La"va\, n. [It. lava lava, orig. in Naples, a torrent of
rain overflowing the streets, fr. It. & L. lavare to wash.
See {Lave}.]
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.
Note: Lavas are classed, according to their structure, as
scoriaceous or cellular, glassy, stony, etc., and
according to the material of which they consist, as
doleritic, trachytic, etc.
{Lava millstone}, a hard and coarse basaltic millstone from
the neighborhood of the Rhine.
{Lava ware}, a kind of cheap pottery made of iron slag cast
into tiles, urns, table tops, etc., resembling lava in
appearance.
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