crater lake

noun

A lake that has formed in the caldera of a volcano.

Meanings

crater lake1

nouncrater lake (plural crater lakes)

plural crater lakes

  1. geographyA lake that has formed in the caldera of a volcano.

    “Take it up!” Saal shouted forward, and they accelerated away, the structure dwindling at the top of the falls, the crater lake falling into the distance.

    2008, Tobias S. Buckell, Halo: The Cole Protocol, New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 217

Crater Lake2

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 火山口湖
  • 火山口湖 (Huǒshān kǒu hú)type of lake
Finnish kraatterijärvi
  • kraatterijärvitype of lake
French maar
  • maartype of lake
Japanese 火山湖
  • 火山湖 (kazanko)type of lake
Norwegian Bokmål kratersjø
  • kratersjøtype of lake
Swedish kratersjö
  • kratersjötype of lake
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APA

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MLA

“crater lake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crater%20lake. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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