: 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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Most notably, in 2023 two researchers scrutinizing 30-year-old Magellan data realized that the probe had caught a volcanic eruption in the act: radar images of the volcano Maat Mons that were taken months apart showed what looked like a caldera collapse and subsequent lava flow.
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Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
Crews from the Icelandic Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management worked around the clock to build barriers to curtail the lava flow.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
During Axial Seamount's last eruption in 2015, an enormous amount of magma poured out of the volcano, including one lava flow that was about 450 feet thick, according to researchers.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 8 May 2025
The lava flows would have filled in any existing craters and helped to reset the ages measured by moon rocks and lunar zircons.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 May 2025
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Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
Crews from the Icelandic Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management worked around the clock to build barriers to curtail the lava flow.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
During Axial Seamount's last eruption in 2015, an enormous amount of magma poured out of the volcano, including one lava flow that was about 450 feet thick, according to researchers.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 8 May 2025
The lava flows would have filled in any existing craters and helped to reset the ages measured by moon rocks and lunar zircons.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 May 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 22 May. 2025.
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