volcanic

1. 1.

   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”
2. 2.

   explosively unstable

   “a volcanic temper”

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3. 3.

   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”

   Similarextrusive

Questions about volcanic

What does volcanic mean?

volcanic means "relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in volcanic?

volcanic has 3 syllables: vol-can-ic. The stress falls on "can". In IPA it is /vɑlˈkænɪk/.

Is volcanic a common word?

volcanic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with volcanic?

1 word rhymes with volcanic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.