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volcano

Definition

  • noun: a mountain with a hole in the top or side that sometimes sends out rocks, ash, lava, etc., in a sudden explosion (called an eruption)
  • noun: a vent in the crust of the earth or another planet or a moon from which usually molten or hot rock and steam issue

Examples

  • an active 'volcano' [=a volcano that could erupt at any time or that is erupting now]

  • a dormant 'volcano' [=a volcano that is not currently active]

  • an extinct 'volcano' [=a volcano that does not erupt anymore]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I'd hardly call this picture marvelous, it's more of a petit-bourgeois statement on how Pablo sees her. Saw her. He's distracted by the fact that she was a absolute volcano in the sack. Too rich for me. Where'd Gil run off to? Work. Been walking around Paris. You know, (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris