Dictionary entry details
• VOLCANO (noun)
Meaning:
A fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
volcano; vent
Hypernyms ("volcano" is a kind of...):
cleft; crack; crevice; fissure; scissure (a long narrow opening)
Domain member category:
eructation; eruption; extravasation ((of volcanos) pouring out fumes of lava (or a deposit so formed))
active ((of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt)
Meaning:
A mountain formed by volcanic material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("volcano" is a kind of...):
mount; mountain (a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill)
Meronyms (parts of "volcano"):
crater; volcanic crater (a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano)
Instance hyponyms:
Asama; Mount Asama (a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet))
Klyuchevskaya (an inactive volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula; last erupted in 1946)
Krakatao; Krakatau; Krakatoa (a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history)
Lascar (a volcano in the Andes in Chile)
Mauna Kea (an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands)
Mauna Loa (an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island)
Nyamuragira; Nyiragongo (an active volcano in eastern Congo)
Purace (an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia; last erupted in 1950)
Sangay (an inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946)
Tupungatito (an inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959)
Mount Saint Helens; Mount St. Helens; Mt. St. Helens (an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity)
Huainaputina (an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Peru; last erupted in 1783)
Guallatiri (the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959)
Galeras; Pasto (an active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes)
Mount Pinatubo; Pinatubo (a volcano on Luzon northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy)
Cameroon (an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast)
Citlaltepetl; Mount Orizaba; Mt Orizaba; Pico de Orizaba (an extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz; the highest peak in Mexico (18,695 feet))
Colima; Nevado de Colima; Volcan de Colima (an active volcano in southwestern Mexico)
Cotacachi (an Andean volcano in northern Ecuador; last erupted in 1955)
Cotopaxi (the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador)
Demavend (an active volcano in northern Iran)
El Misti (the world's 2nd largest active volcano; located in the Andes in southern Peru)
Etna; Mount Etna; Mt Etna (an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet))
Fuego (a volcano in south central Guatemala)
Fuji; Fuji-san; Fujinoyama; Fujiyama; Mount Fuji (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)
Mount Vesuvius; Mt. Vesuvius; Vesuvius (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)
