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Webster 1913 Edition
Lava
La′va
(lä′vȧ; 277)
, Noun.
[It.
lava
lava, orig. in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, fr. It. & L. lavare
to wash. See Lave
.] The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth’s surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.
☞ Lavas are classed, according to their structure, as scoriaceous or cellular, glassy, stony, etc., and according to the material of which they consist, as doleritic, trachytic, etc.
Lava millstone
, a hard and coarse basaltic millstone from the neighborhood of the Rhine.
– Lava ware
, a kind of cheap pottery made of iron slag cast into tiles, urns, table tops, etc., resembling lava in appearance.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lava
L'AVA
,Noun.
1.
A mass or stream of melted minerals or stony matter which bursts or is thrown from the mouth or sides of a volcano, and is sometimes ejected in such quantities as to overwhelm cities. Catana, at the foot of Etna, has often been destroyed by it, and in 1783, a vast tract of land in Iceland was overspread by an eruption of lava from mount Hecla.2.
The same matter when cool and hardened.Definition 2024
Lava
lava
lava
English
Noun
lava (countable and uncountable, plural lavas)
- The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
- (informal, proscribed) Magma.
- A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.
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lava colour:
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Usage notes
Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).
Related terms
Derived terms
Translations
melted rock
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magma — see magma
See also
Anagrams
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Noun
lava
Declension
Declension of lava
| nominative | lava |
|---|---|
| genitive | lavanıñ |
| dative | lavağa |
| accusative | lavanı |
| locative | lavada |
| ablative | lavadan |
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8
Finnish
Noun
lava
- bed (platform of a truck or other vehicle that supports the load)
- platform (raised stage for speeches etc.)
- stage (in a theatre etc.)
Declension
| Inflection of lava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lava | lavat | |
| genitive | lavan | lavojen | |
| partitive | lavaa | lavoja | |
| illative | lavaan | lavoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lava | lavat | |
| accusative | nom. | lava | lavat |
| gen. | lavan | ||
| genitive | lavan | lavojen lavainrare |
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| partitive | lavaa | lavoja | |
| inessive | lavassa | lavoissa | |
| elative | lavasta | lavoista | |
| illative | lavaan | lavoihin | |
| adessive | lavalla | lavoilla | |
| ablative | lavalta | lavoilta | |
| allative | lavalle | lavoille | |
| essive | lavana | lavoina | |
| translative | lavaksi | lavoiksi | |
| instructive | — | lavoin | |
| abessive | lavatta | lavoitta | |
| comitative | — | lavoineen | |
Compounds
- avolava
- kuormalava
- lavakuorma-auto
- lavashow
- lavasäteily
- tanssilava
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italian (Neapolitan dialect) lava
Noun
lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)
Derived terms
References
- “lava” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Italian (Neapolitan dialect) lava
Noun
lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)
References
- “lava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
lava
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Italian (Neapolitan or Calabrese dialect), lava (“a torrent of rain which washed the streets”), from Latin lavō (“I wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowh₃-
Noun
lava f (plural lavas)
- lava (melted rock)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
lava
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of lavar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of lavar
Spanish
Etymology
From Italian (Neapolitan dialect) lava (“lava”), from lavare (“to wash”).
Noun
lava f (plural lavas)
Verb
lava
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnish lava.
Noun
lava
Inflection
| Inflection of lava | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | lava | ||
| genitive sing. | lavan | ||
| partitive sing. | lavad | ||
| partitive plur. | lavoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lava | lavad | |
| accusative | lavan | lavad | |
| genitive | lavan | lavoiden | |
| partitive | lavad | lavoid | |
| essive-instructive | lavan | lavoin | |
| translative | lavaks | lavoikš | |
| inessive | lavas | lavoiš | |
| elative | lavaspäi | lavoišpäi | |
| illative | ? | lavoihe | |
| adessive | laval | lavoil | |
| ablative | lavalpäi | lavoilpäi | |
| allative | lavale | lavoile | |
| abessive | lavata | lavoita | |
| comitative | lavanke | lavoidenke | |
| prolative | lavadme | lavoidme | |
| approximative I | lavanno | lavoidenno | |
| approximative II | lavannoks | lavoidennoks | |
| egressive | lavannopäi | lavoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | ? | lavoihesai | |
| terminative II | lavalesai | lavoilesai | |
| terminative III | lavassai | — | |
| additive I | ? | lavoihepäi | |
| additive II | lavalepäi | lavoilepäi | |