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VOLCANIC CRATER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
Synonyms:
crater; volcanic crater
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("volcanic crater" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volcanic crater"):
caldera (a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression)
maar (a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water)
Holonyms ("volcanic crater" is a part of...):
volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)
