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ERUCTATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does eructation mean?

• ERUCTATION (noun)
The noun ERUCTATION has 2 senses:

1. (of volcanos) pouring out fumes of lava (or a deposit so formed)
2. a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth

Familiarity information: ERUCTATION used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ERUCTATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(of volcanos) pouring out fumes of lava (or a deposit so formed)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

eructation; extravasation; eruption

Hypernyms ("eructation" is a kind of...):

action; activeness; activity (the state of being active)

Domain category:

vent; volcano (a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

belch; burp; burping; belching; eructation

Hypernyms ("eructation" is a kind of...):

ejection; expulsion; forcing out; projection (the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting)

inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)

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