Lava Definition

lävə, lăvə
noun
Melted rock issuing from a volcano.
Webster's New World
Such rock when solidified by cooling.
Webster's New World

(informal, proscribed) Magma.

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pronoun

(Hinduism) One of the twin children of the Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.

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A province in the Basque Country.

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Other Word Forms of Lava

Noun

Singular:
lava
Plural:
lavas

Origin of Lava

  • From Italian lava (“lava"), originally, in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, from lavare (“to wash"). See etymology for the English verb lave.

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian perhaps from Latin lābēs fall from Latin lābī to fall

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lava Sentence Examples

  • Great streams of lava flowed from the crater in ancient times.

  • The lava is a basic augiteandesite.

  • Less than a days' march north of here is a lava field.

  • The different kinds of lava are more fully described in the article Volcano.

  • The Columbia plateau consists of horizontal beds of lava having a total thickness of several thousand feet, and its surface has a general elevation of tow to 2000 ft.

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Words Starting With

LLALAV

Words Ending With

AVAAVA

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Words Starting With L and Ending With A

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With L4 Letter Words Ending With A