Noun: active volcano
| Singular | active volcano |
| Plural | active volcanoes; active volcanos |
Sample Sentences
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Such a series if it can be still obtained, would be of the greatest interest, for we have there an active volcano in the centre of an Island, upheavements going on on the Coast within the memory of man, and coal found; all within the space of a few miles! [1841, “Report on the Soils brought from Chedooba”, in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume 10, page 447:]
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Mr. Johnston gives the total number of active volcanos as 270, which is probably the best approximation. [1851, The British Quarterly Review, volume 13, page 372:]
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It may come as a surprise that the most active volcano of the Caribbean is a submarine one which bears the unusual name Kick-'em-Jenny. [2005, Rosaly M. C. Lopes, The Volcano Adventure Guide, page 11:]
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The temperatures in active volcanoes are much too high to support life (e.g., about 1000 ◦C or more in molten lava), but fumaroles and hot springs associated with volcanic activity provide much lower, more suitable temperatures. [2008, Joan Marti, Volcanoes and the Environment, page 175:]
Nouns inflected like active volcano
deuteroconch,
borshch,
bortsch,
hypervolcano,
mud volcano,
Milton mango,
bulk cargo,
FIZ,
DES,
DEX,
yellow-fever mosquito,
BMS,
BBS,
Kölsch,
CMS,
Negro,
nonzero,
cryptobranch,
active volcano,
winnebago, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology