volcanic

UK/vɒlˈkænɪk/US/vɔlˈkænɪk/

adjectiveB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,951 of 15,258leans written

Volcanic means formed by molten rock from below the surface. Volcanic rock, volcanic activity, a volcanic eruption.

Volcanic soil is extraordinarily fertile, which is why people keep farming the slopes of active volcanoes knowing exactly what they are doing. Volcanic glass cools too fast to form crystals. Applied to a temper it means liable to erupt.

Definitions of volcanic

1adjectivevolcanicFormed by molten rock from below the surface.B1+
“The beaches on the island are covered in black volcanic sand.”

volcanic is a quality of origin.

Where it comes from

From volcano, named after Vulcano, an island named for Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking.

French
volcanique
English, today
volcanic

Built from

volcan · French — volcano

From French volcanique, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) + -ic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Nature & Weather

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volcanic in the wild

The interactions at these plate boundaries have formed oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, back-arc basins and volcanic belts.
Ring of Fire
Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms.
Volcanic cone
A volcanic field is an area of Earth's crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity.
Volcanic field
The active front of a volcanic arc is the belt where volcanism develops at a given time.
Volcanic arc
A volcanic crater is an approximately circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity.
Volcanic crater

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