volcano
English Thesaurus
1. a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt (noun.object)
| domain member category | : | active, |
| definition | : | (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt (adj.all) |
2. a mountain formed by volcanic material (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | mount, mountain, |
| definition | : | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | asama, mount asama, |
| definition | : | a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mount pinatubo, pinatubo, |
| definition | : | a volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cameroon, |
| definition | : | an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cotacachi, |
| definition | : | an Andean volcano in northern Ecuador; last erupted in 1955 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cotopaxi, |
| definition | : | the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | demavend, |
| definition | : | an active volcano in northern Iran (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | el misti, |
| definition | : | the world's 2nd largest active volcano; located in the Andes in southern Peru (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | etna, mount etna, mt etna, |
| definition | : | an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | fuego, |
| definition | : | a volcano in south central Guatemala (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | fuji, fuji-san, fujinoyama, fujiyama, mount fuji, |
| definition | : | an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | galeras, pasto, |
| definition | : | an active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | guallatiri, |
| definition | : | the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | huainaputina, |
| definition | : | an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Peru; last erupted in 1783 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | klyuchevskaya, |
| definition | : | an inactive volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula; last erupted in 1946 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | krakatao, krakatau, krakatoa, |
| definition | : | a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | lascar, |
| definition | : | a volcano in the Andes in Chile (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mauna kea, |
| definition | : | an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mauna loa, |
| definition | : | an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | nyamuragira, |
| definition | : | an active volcano in eastern Congo (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | nyiragongo, |
| definition | : | an active volcano in eastern Congo (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | purace, |
| definition | : | an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia; last erupted in 1950 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sangay, |
| definition | : | an inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | tupungatito, |
| definition | : | an inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mount vesuvius, mt. vesuvius, vesuvius, |
| definition | : | a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | crater, volcanic crater, |
| definition | : | a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | volcanic, |
| definition | : | relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | volcanic, |
| definition | : | relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes (adj.pert) |
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