volcano

A mountain or hill with a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.

• 🇷🇺Гора или холм с кратером или жерлом, через которые из земной коры извергаются или извергались лава, обломки горных пород, горячие пары и газы.

1. Geological formation A2 formal scientific

   A mountain or hill with a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth's crust.

   • Mount Vesuvius is a famous active volcano in Italy.
   • The volcano erupted violently, sending ash high into the sky.
   • Scientists monitor volcanoes to predict future eruptions.

   🇷🇺Вулкан

2. Eruption event B1 formal scientific

   The act or process of a volcano ejecting lava, ash, and gases.

   • The volcano's last eruption destroyed several nearby villages.
   • Lava flows from the volcano cooled into solid rock.
   • The volcano has been dormant for over a century.

   🇷🇺Извержение

• volcanoes plural form
• volcanos plural form
• volcanoes' possessive plural form
• volcanos' possessive plural form
• volcano's possessive singular form