lavalike

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adjective

Resembling lava in one or more characteristics, such as heat or viscosity

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivelavalike (comparative more lavalike, superlative most lavalike)

comparative more lavalike · superlative most lavalike · alternative lava-like

  1. Resembling lava in one or more characteristics, such as heat or viscosity

    He recalled that his early purchase of the white rabbit plate led him to the work of Hugh Cornwall Robertson, the Massachusetts founder of Dedham Pottery, whose heavy drip vases with colorful, lavalike glazes reminded him of the thick paint applied by Abstract Expressionist artists.

    2009 January 15, Carol Vogel, “Major Gift of Art Pottery to Adorn Met’s Restyled American Wing”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishlava
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishlavalike

From lava + -like.

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APA

lavalike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lavalike

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lavalike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lavalike.

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