word: lava
By: Lorenzo Grillo, Liceo Scientifico Statale "G. Berto" (IT) &
Alex Syrros , Panou school Nafpaktos (GR)
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Word definition(s)
Hot liquid rock that comes out of the earth through a volcano, or the solid rock formed when it cools.
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Word origin
From Italian lava (“lava”), originally, in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, from lavare (“to wash”).
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Word origin /peculiarities
Mid 18th century: from Italian (Neapolitan dialect), denoting the lava stream from Vesuvius, but originally denoting a stream caused by
sudden rain, from lavare ‘to wash’, from Latin.
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Idioms and phrases
Lava millstone
A hard and coarse basaltic millstone from the neighborhood of the Rhine.
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Idioms and phrases
Lava ware
A kind of cheap pottery made of iron slag cast into tiles, urns, table tops, etc., resembling lava in appearance.
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Idioms and phrases
pillow lava
Lava that hardened in rounded shapes suggestive of pillows; believed to result from underwater eruptions
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Pronunciations
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/lava
https://www.niftyword.com/idioms-phrases/lava/
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lava
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