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Meaning of volcanic

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

volcanic

Pronunciation:/vɒlˈkanɪk/

noun

Definitions

  1. A volcanic rock.

    Example: 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.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes

    Example: volcanic activity.

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

  3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.

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