volcano

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Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
  2. noun a mountain formed by volcanic material

Etymology

From Italian vulcano, from Vulcano (“a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea”), from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”). Doublet of bolcane and Vulcan.

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