Definition of VOLCANIC

volcanic

Plural: volcanics

Adjective

  • relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
    • "volcanic steam"
    • "volcanic islands such as Iceland"
    • "a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built up of material from volcanic eruptions"

Adjective Satellite

  • explosively unstable
    • "a volcanic temper"
  • igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt
    • "volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian"

Adj

  • Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes
  • Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies
  • Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
  • Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.

Noun

  • A rock or material formed from volcanic activity.
  • A volcanic rock.

Examples

  • Playing ’LAVA’ felt fitting, as the tile bag sometimes seemed to spew volcanic-hot letters.
  • The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous volcanic group of volcanoes and lava flows in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.
  • volcanic activity
  • volcanic ash
  • volcanic heat
  • volcanic tufa

Origin / Etymology

From French volcanique, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) + -ic.

Synonyms

Vulcanian, volcanian

Scrabble Score: 15

volcanic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
volcanic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
volcanic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

volcanic: valid Words With Friends Word