Pahoehoe Definition

pə-hoihoi
noun
A type of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth, ropy surface, formed in large sheets from fluid, fast-moving lava.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pahoehoe

Noun

Singular:
pahoehoe
Plural:
pahoehoes

Origin of Pahoehoe

  • Hawaiian pāhoehoe pā- pref. hoehoe reduplication of hoe to paddle (probably from the swirls on its surface)

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

  • From Hawaiian pāhoehoe.

    From Wiktionary

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