volcanic
volcanic
Definition
vol·canic (väl kan′ik, vôl-; -kān′-)
adjective
- of, thrown from, caused by, or characteristic of a volcano
- extrusive (sense )
- having, or composed of, volcanoes
- suggestive of or bursting forth like a volcano; violently explosive
Etymology: Fr volcanique < It volcanico
volcanic
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- eruption: Only certain types of volcanic eruption will have an effect upon the climate.
- crater: Float silently past rafts of penguins or cruise inside a sunken volcanic crater.
- ash: Many dinosaur bones in the American west have been found buried in volcanic ash.
- cone: Southeast along the coast from Waikiki is the area's most famous landmark, the extinct volcanic cone of Diamond Head.
- lava: One porter was burnt by volcanic lava crossing the crater.
- tremor: Time series analysis of volcanic tremors in Montserrat: what have we learned?
Modifying Another Word
- mostly: It's mostly volcanic mountains, terraced all the way up with " hats " of trees at the top.
- actively: The challenge is to walk across the Southern Highlands through one of the most actively volcanic areas Iceland.
- mainly: In the northeast and along the western corridor are low lightly wooded mountain ranges of mainly volcanic origin.
- still: She recently visited Iceland, drawn by its unique frozen landscape that is still volcanic.
- also: In addition to the volcanic activity occurring above ground, there was also volcanic activity below ground.
Preposition: in
- origin: The islands belong to Spain and some are volcanic in origin.
volcanic Quotes
Neither you nor I nor anyone else can describe the volcanic landscapes a poor girl strays into when she marries a literary man.
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