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Lava

Lava Meaning & Definition
Lava Definition And Meaning

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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