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volcanic bomb

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences, volcanology

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Synonyms: lava bomb

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قنبلة بركانية — Translations
  • Armenian: հրաբխային ռումբ (hrabxayin ṙumb) — Translations
  • Azerbaijani: vulkan bombası — Translations
  • Basque: bonba bolkaniko — Translations
  • Belarusian: вулканічная бомба (vulkaničnaja bómba) — Translations
  • Bulgarian: вулканична бомба (vulkanična bomba) — Translations
  • Catalan: bomba volcànica — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 火山彈 /火山弹 (huǒshāndàn) — Translations
  • Czech: sopečná puma — Translations
  • Dutch: vulkanische bom — Translations
  • Estonian: vulkaaniline pomm — Translations
  • Finnish: vulkaaninen pommi — Translations
  • French: bombe volcanique — Translations
  • Galician: bomba volcánica — Translations
  • Georgian: ვულკანური ყუმბარა (vulḳanuri q̇umbara) — Translations
  • German: vulkanische Bombe — Translations
  • Greek: ηφαιστειακή βόμβα (ifaisteiakí vómva) — Translations
  • Hebrew: פצצה געשית — Translations
  • Hungarian: vulkáni bomba — Translations
  • Icelandic: hraunkúla — Translations
  • Italian: bomba vulcanica — Translations
  • Japanese: 火山弾 — Translations
  • Macedonian: вулканска бомба (vulkanska bomba) — Translations
  • Persian: بمب آتشفشانی — Translations
  • Polish: bomba wulkaniczna — Translations
  • Portuguese: bomba vulcânica — Translations
  • Russian: вулканическая бомба (vulkaničeskaja bomba) — Translations
  • Slovene: vulkanska bomba — Translations
  • Spanish: bomba volcánica — Translations
  • Swedish: vulkanisk bomb — Translations
  • Turkish: volkan bombası — Translations
  • Ukrainian: вулканічна бомба (vulkanična bomba) — Translations
  • Uzbek: vulqon bombasi — Translations
  • Vietnamese: bom núi lửa — Translations