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Meaning of lava | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈlɑːvə

Definitions

  1. One of the twin children of the Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.
    Hinduism
  2. The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Magma.
    countable, informal, proscribed, uncountable
  4. washing
  5. Molten rock when it appears at the Earth’s surface.
  6. A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.
    countable, uncountable
  7. third-person singular present indicative
  8. liquid, melted rock etc thrown out from a volcano and becoming solid as it cools. lawa حُمَم بُرْكانيَّه лава lava láva die Lava lava λάβαlava laava گدازه laava laveלבה लावा, ज्वालामुखी से निकलने वाला गाढ़ा जलता हुआ द्रव्य lava láva lahar hraun(kvika) lava 溶岩 용암 lava lava lava lavalavalawa ويلى شوى ،اوبه شوى lava lavă лава láva lava lava lava ลาวา lav 熔岩 лава آتش فشاں چٹانوں سے ابلنے والا مادہ dung nham 熔岩
    etc
  9. second-person singular imperative
  10. Molten rock that reaches the earth's surface through a volcano or fissure.
  11. The rock formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten rock.
  12. (Geological Science) magma emanating from volcanoes and other vents
  13. (Geological Science) any extrusive igneous rock formed by the cooling and solidification of molten lava
  14. the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent.
  15. the rock formed when this solidifies, occurring in many structurally different varieties.
  16. Molten rock that flows from a volcano or from a crack in the Earth. See more at magma.
  17. The igneous rock formed when this substance cools and hardens.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca lava
Български лава
বাংলা লাভা
Bosanski lav lava lave лав лава
Català lava
Čeština lava
Deutsch Lava
Ελληνικά λάβα
Esperanto lafo
Español lava
فارسی گدازه
Suomi laava
Français lava lave
Galego lava
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻaʻā
हिन्दी लावा
Hrvatski lav lava lave лав лава
Magyar láva
Հայերեն լավա
Bahasa Indonesia lahar lava
Íslenska hraun
Italiano lava lava
日本語 溶岩
ქართული ლავა
Қазақша лава
한국어 용암
Kurdî lav
Latina lava rhyax
Te Reo Māori rangitoto tahepuia
Македонски лава
Монгол лав
Bahasa Melayu lava
မြန်မာဘာသာ ချော်
Nederlands lava
Polski lawa
Português lava lava
Română lava
Русский лава
Slovenčina láva
Српски lav lava lave лав лава
Svenska lava
Kiswahili lava zaha
తెలుగు లావా
Tagalog laba
Türkçe lav
Українська лава
Tiếng Việt dung nham

Examples

“Marine iguanas line the shores of the islands, and are usually seen sprawled over lava rocks near the sea.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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