volcano

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Synonyms for volcano

noun very large hill

Antonyms for volcano

mountains

noun. very large hill

Word Origin & History

1610s, from Italian vulcano "burning mountain," from Latin Vulcanus "Vulcan," Roman god of fire, also "fire, flames, volcano" (see Vulcan). The name was first applied to Mt. Etna by the Romans, who believed it was the forge of Vulcan.

Example Sentences for volcano

Had some thief stolen them and hidden here, only to be caught by the volcano?

A shower of red-hot stones warned him that he was near the volcano.

The witness started as though a volcano had burst at her feet.

As before, the valley yawned like the living threat of a volcano in eruption.

The volcano's top had been stripped clean by the winds of countless years.

That runs straight for a mile, but there's a field gun at the bottom of the volcano.

We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs.

Love and hate, though they may burn and glow like a volcano, are not prodigal of words.

Who would have believed that the old dried-up mummy had such a volcano in his brain?

Beyond the volcano Jim could see what looked like an expanse of ocean.

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