cinder cone

noun

: a conical hill formed by the accumulation of volcanic debris around a vent see volcano illustration

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However, its most recent eruption, in 1538, was relatively small and produced a cinder cone called Monte Nuovo. —Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2017

The ash and volcanic bombs produced from these explosions at the cinder cone are clearly visible. —Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2020

The 1-mile loop trail enters the Bonito Lava Flow, which gushed from the base of the cinder cone. —Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2022

Left behind is a cinder cone of more than 100 feet that’s been renamed Ahu’aila’au and will take decades to cool. —Dan Nakaso, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2022

Katie Byron, production designer for the film, tells Variety that the unique structure is an actual residence built directly onto a volcanic cinder cone. —Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2022

The Mount Harkness Fire Lookout tower was, after all, built atop a sparsely vegetated peak of an ancient cinder cone volcano—not exactly an inviting location for blazes. —Hannah Kingsley-ma, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022

There, atop a 150-foot cinder cone, sits a building known as the Volcano House, a saucer-like structure that appears to have materialized from another planet or dimension. —Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022

Then, in September 2020, a wildfire started on the far side of the extinct Veyo Volcano, a 5,000-foot cinder cone that’s shaped like a saddle and forms Dammeron Valley’s western boundary. —New York Times, 16 May 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above