: molten rock that issues from a volcano or from a fissure in the surface of a planet (such as earth) or moon
also
: such rock that has cooled and hardened
Examples of lava in a Sentence
a flow of molten lava
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This cake is best slightly underbaked so the center is molten like a lava cake.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
But now European and American scientists are exploring whether the first human Martians could find refuge via dormant volcanos scattered across the Red Planet, inside lava tubes that criss-cross the Mars underground.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The tour also visits Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar’s only inhabited island, and the lava fields created by the 1973 volcanic eruption.
—Mia Taylor, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
In Idaho, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve allows visitors to explore an otherworldly volcanic landscape of lava flows, cinder cones and lava tubes.
—Jeffrey C. Hallo, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
But now European and American scientists are exploring whether the first human Martians could find refuge via dormant volcanos scattered across the Red Planet, inside lava tubes that criss-cross the Mars underground.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The tour also visits Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar’s only inhabited island, and the lava fields created by the 1973 volcanic eruption.
—Mia Taylor, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
In Idaho, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve allows visitors to explore an otherworldly volcanic landscape of lava flows, cinder cones and lava tubes.
—Jeffrey C. Hallo, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lava
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“Lava.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lava. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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