: 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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Off-road inline skater Björn Hunger took his wheels to black sand, lava fields, and rough-cut roads.
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Abigail Wise, Outside, 10 Nov. 2025
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is once again shooting lava more than 1,000 feet into the air.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025
The team behind this research thinks that this clear concentration of heat, rather than a global emission, could suggest that an Io-wide lava lake may not exist beneath the surface of this moon of Jupiter as has previously been theorized.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Literary types can descend into the 8,000-year-old lava cave in Iceland’s Snæfellsjökull glacier that inspired Jules Verne’s novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, while history buffs will marvel at the interactive recreation of the construction of the Titanic at the Belfast shipyard.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025
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Abigail Wise, Outside, 10 Nov. 2025
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is once again shooting lava more than 1,000 feet into the air.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025
The team behind this research thinks that this clear concentration of heat, rather than a global emission, could suggest that an Io-wide lava lake may not exist beneath the surface of this moon of Jupiter as has previously been theorized.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Literary types can descend into the 8,000-year-old lava cave in Iceland’s Snæfellsjökull glacier that inspired Jules Verne’s novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, while history buffs will marvel at the interactive recreation of the construction of the Titanic at the Belfast shipyard.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 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 16 Nov. 2025.
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