lava

[US]/'lɑːvə/
[UK]/'lɑvə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. molten rock expelled by a volcano, including lava and volcanic rock

Phrases & Collocations

hot lava flow

lava lake

solidified lava

lava flow

Example Sentences

a hydrous lava flow.

a hardened lava flow.

these lavas were coeval with the volcanic activity.

a volcano that vomited lava and ash.

Lava ejected from the volcano.

The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.

lava spewing out from a volcano

hot lava erupted from the crust.

successive eruptions of lava from volcanic cones.

lava was being extruded from the volcano.

fragments of lava hit the ground, fuming and sizzling.

the lava lamp is a bizarre example of sixties kitsch.

At BlizzConthough it had its swirly lava-esque look.

Lava boiled up from the crater of the volcano.

Patterns in Nature: Lava Cooled pahoehoe Hawaiian lava solidifies into igneous rock with a ropelike pattern.

The study shows that Cretaceous volcanics mainly consist of medium acidic volcanic lava and volcanoclastic rocks, with locally developed basic lava;

it is difficult to understand how lava could have been reduced to dust.

an outpouring of lava; an outpouring of charges and countercharges.

Patterns in Nature: Lava Pahoehoe lava, the hottest Hawaiian lava type, may darken into ropy strands or wrinkle into silver-sheened taffy, such as this flow in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

Real-world Examples

I would, but remember, the carpet's hot lava!

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

Next up, a story you're going to lava.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

It was made of black, glassy lava mixed with bits of feldspar.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Unless, of course, it happens to explode and pour molten lava all over your campsite!

Source: Listening Digest

There it is.That's the lava field. And most of this lava is moving underground.

Source: CNN Selected August 2015 Collection

What if a giant volcano on Earth could spew out lava that high?

Source: If there is a if.

You really see how the lava spread out.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2022 Compilation

Rhyolitic lava is the volcanic form of what?

Source: CNN 10 Student English January 2021 Collection

But they were once seas of molten lava.

Source: Natural History Museum

When the lava drains out, the outer shell remains, forming a lava cave.

Source: Children's Learning Classroom

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