noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lava lamp
molten lava (= liquid rock from a volcano )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
molten
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Her great horsy face had turned the colour of molten lava and her eyes were glittering with fury.
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He was airlifted on to the mountain as molten lava threatened to swamp the village of Zaffarana.
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Suddenly, the immense wall of molten lava bearing down from Mount Etna on to their doorsteps came to a halt.
■ NOUN
flow
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Meanwhile, powerful United States Army helicopters continued dropping massive concrete blocks to hinder the lava flow .
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Their film shows the steep underwater flow front of a lava flow which was being erupted from a vent on Hawaii itself.
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And I bet no man has ever appreciated the lava flow of sensuality so near your ice-perfect surface.
flows
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The same is true of lava flows which are actually extruded under water.
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In a few rare cases, lava flows on land have taken place just as the magnetic field was undergoing a reversal.
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Unfortunately it is not easy - for obvious reasons - to study modern submarine lava flows in their proper environment.
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Where the ocean crust is young, lava flows dominate the landscape.
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A Plate Tectonic Re-cap Rather a lot has been said in this chapter about the minor details of lava flows .
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The feldspars in volcanic lava flows can also be problematic.
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As the viscosity increases, the lava flows more slowly and smoothly, not as boisterously as at first.
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Although it is one of the most widely-known volcanic rocks, obsidian lava flows are rare.
lamp
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The lamp , also called the lava lamp, was launched in 1963 but as fashions changed its popularity declined.
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Thick rugs, beaded curtains, lava lamps , colored lights.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the lava reached the surface, much of the water escaped as hot vapor clouds.
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For many experts, the unusually heavy and dense lava may continue to be churned out of Etna for a further year.
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He is like the Roman sentry who stayed at his post when the volcano erupted and poured lava over him.
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Residue fell to the bottom of the sea, and lava later pushed the particles back up.
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Since they were erupted so low down, it was not long before the rivers of lava were flowing through inhabited areas.
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The underlying molten lava drains back into the crust.
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Unfortunately it is not easy - for obvious reasons - to study modern submarine lava flows in their proper environment.
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Where the ocean crust is young, lava flows dominate the landscape.