volcano

plural volcanoes · plural volcanos · alternative obsolete vulcano

1. A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

   Iceland's volcanoes are among the most active on Earth.

2. A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.

present singular third person volcanos · present singular third person volcanoes · participle present volcanoing · participle past volcanoed · past volcanoed · alternative obsolete vulcano

1. To erupt; to burst forth.

   She shrank back, the words volcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again

   1951, Phyllis Hambledon, Nobody's Child

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   Startled, you look up at the horizon just in time to see a gigantic plume of ash and dust volcanoing up into the sky and spreading out to form a gigantic cloud that will persist for days, weeks, perhaps years.

   2012, George Pratt, Peter Lambrou, John David Mann, Code to Joy: The Four-Step Solution to Unlocking Your Natural State of Happiness

1. A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.