Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

volcanic bomb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: vol-canic bomb
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tephra, larger than 64 mm (2.5 inches) in diameter, formed when a volcano ejects viscous fragments of lava during an eruption.

Example Sentences

"Fragment of a spherical volcanic bomb, with the interior parts coarsely cellular, coated by a concentric layer of compact lava, and this again by a crust of finely cellular rock"

Inflected Forms

volcanic bombs (plural)

Synonyms

lava bomb

Questions

What does volcanic bomb mean?: A tephra, larger than 64 mm (2.5 inches) in diameter, formed when a volcano ejects viscous fragments of lava during an eruption.

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