volcanic ash

noun

Fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass created during a volcanic eruption.

Meanings

nounvolcanic ash (usually uncountable, plural volcanic ashes)

plural volcanic ashes

  1. uncountableusuallygeographyFragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass created during a volcanic eruption.

Translations

Basque sumendi-errauts
  • sumendi-errautsfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Bengali আগ্নেয়ভস্ম
  • আগ্নেয়ভস্ম (agneẏobhośśõ)fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Bulgarian вулкани́чна пе́пел
  • вулкани́чна пе́пел (vulkaníčna pépel)fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Catalan cendra volcànica
  • cendra volcànicafragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Chinese Mandarin 火山灰
  • 火山灰 (huǒshānhuī)fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Czech sopečný popel
  • sopečný popelfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Danish vulkansk aske
  • vulkansk askefragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Esperanto vulkana cindro
  • vulkana cindrofragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Estonian vulkaaniline tuhk
  • vulkaaniline tuhkfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Finnish vulkaaninen tuhka
  • vulkaaninen tuhkafragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
French cendres volcaniques
  • cendres volcaniquesfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
German Vulkanasche, vulkanische Asche
  • Vulkanaschefragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • vulkanische Aschefragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Hebrew אפר געשי
  • אפר געשיfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Hungarian vulkáni hamu
  • vulkáni hamufragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Icelandic eldfjallaaska
  • eldfjallaaskafragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Indonesian abu vulkanik, abu gunung api
  • abu vulkanikfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • abu gunung apifragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • abu vulkanisfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Irish luaithreamhán bolcánach
  • luaithreamhán bolcánachfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Italian cenere vulcanica
  • cenere vulcanicafragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Japanese 火山灰
  • 火山灰 (kazanbai)fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Korean 화산재
  • 화산재 (hwasanjae)fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Lithuanian vulkaniniai pelenai
  • vulkaniniai pelenaifragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Norwegian vulkansk aske
  • vulkansk askefragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Persian خاکستر آتشفشانی
  • خاکستر آتشفشانیfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Polish popiół wulkaniczny
  • popiół wulkanicznyfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Portuguese cinza vulcânica
  • cinza vulcânicafragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Romanian cenușă vulcanică
  • cenușă vulcanicăfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Russian вулканический пепел
  • вулканический пепел (vulkaničeskij pepel)fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Slovak vulkanický popol
  • vulkanický popolfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Spanish ceniza volcánica
  • ceniza volcánicafragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Swedish vulkanisk aska
  • vulkanisk askafragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Tagalog abo ng bulkan
  • abo ng bulkanfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Thai เถ้าภูเขาไฟ
  • เถ้าภูเขาไฟfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Turkish volkanik kül
  • volkanik külfragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Ukrainian вулканічний попіл
  • вулканічний попіл (vulkaničnyj popil)fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
Vietnamese tro núi lửa
  • tro núi lửafragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
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APA

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Chicago

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