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Synonyms for lava

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lah-vuh, lav-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɑ və, ˈlæv ə

Définition of lava

Origin :
  • 1750, from Italian (Neapolitan or Calabrian dialect) lava "torrent, stream," traditionally from Latin lavare "to wash" (see lave). Originally applied in Italian to flash flood rivulets after downpours, then to streams of molten rock from Vesuvius. Alternative etymology is from Latin labes "a fall," from labi "to fall." Lava lamp is attested from 1965, also lava light (reg. U.S., 1968, as Lava Lite).
  • noun volcano matter
Example sentences :
  • They have all been at work like her, spouting ashes and pumice and rocks and lava.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • I covered my face with my hat and rushed across the stream of lava.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • The year 1800 saw the last of it on the lava law-rock of Thingvellir.
  • Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
  • He tickled the dun with his spurs and trotted along the crest of the lava ridge.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • In a circle about it stood the dark buttress of the lava sides.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • It was fine, Mrs. More; like—like lava; he was the only cool person there.
  • Extract from : « The Mob (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • The leech looked like a field of lava now, a blasted spot on the green Earth.
  • Extract from : « The Leech » by Phillips Barbee
  • The road from Taal to Balayan was impassable for a while on account of the quantity of lava.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • The flame had spread among them like lava to their lowest depths.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • This lava, having cooled and hardened, forms the basis of the island.
  • Extract from : « Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 » by Various

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