lava Definition
lava (lä′və, lav′ə)
lava Synonyms
lava Usage Examples
Preposition: from
volcano: On the northeastern rim of the outer caldera is an area covered with layers of lava from the volcano 's most recent eruptions.
Converse of object
- spew: That means there is little chance of the mountain spewing lava.
- solidify: Some are formed by solidifying lava that do not form a crater, leaving a " puy " .
- erupt: Did you know that not all volcanoes erupt lava?
- boil: Dodge Ball - Normal dodge ball is too easy for these chimps: they have to play it over a pit of boiling lava!
- bubble: The first section has a deep fissure which contains bubbling lava.
Adjective modifier
- basaltic: No ordinary Tor indeed, as this tor isn't the usual granite, but rather basaltic lava.
- molten: We decided these were formed by molten lava building up around trees, which burnt away.
- feldspathic: May we venture to suppose that in the feldspathic lavas with horizontal laminae, we see an analogous case?
- Tertiary: Agates may also be found in the Tertiary basalt lavas of some areas on the west coast.
- volcanic: One porter was burnt by volcanic lava crossing the crater.
- hardened: Na pali coast hardened lava a quarter mile away.
Modifies a noun
- lamp: Place lava lamps around the room to give a new age feel.
- dome: Aerial photography taken on 21 July revealed than an external lava dome was not visible at the bottom of the crater.
- flow: The lava flows were limited by using water sprays.
- lizard: There are colonies of marine iguanas & lava lizards here.
- plateau: The columns formed when liquid molten rock was forced up through cracks in the chalk bed to form a lava plateau.
- tube: An average boat helped a little trees next to most lava tubes.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near lava
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- ‹ lauric acid
- ‹ Laurentian Plateau
- ‹ Laurentian Mountains
- ‹ Laurentian
- ‹ Laurence
- ‹ laurel
- ‹ laureate

