volcanic

UK /vɒlˈkænɪk/ US /vɔlˈkænɪk/

adj 4noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

covered, cretaceous, due, huge, late, many, recent, recorded

VERB + VOLCANIC

buried, formed, made, result, showering

VOLCANIC + NOUN

activity, archipelago, ash, aviation, earth, eruption, eruptions, group

PREP.

after, during, during, in, in, on, up

ADV.

also, always

Definitions

adj

Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.

volcanic heat

volcanic activity

Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies.

volcanic tufa

volcanic ash

Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.

Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.

Jo rose indignified, Vanessa following in her volcanic wake.

With that the system was complete, and ready to have its disastrous effect on Martin Luther's volcanic temper.

noun

A volcanic rock.

The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous volcanic group of volcanoes and lava flows in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.

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volcanic heat

Wiktionary

volcanic activity

Wiktionary

Some 200 million years ago, the rocks that became the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from Manhattan formed during volcanic activity that helped rip apart the ancient supercontinent Pang

Wiktionary

The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous volcanic group of volcanoes and lava flows in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.

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The surface of the earth rose due to the volcanic activity.

Tatoeba · #23842

The volcanic eruption threatened the village.

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