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Meanings of volcanic rocks in English

Russian
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Portuguese
rocha vulcânica
Spanish
roca volcanica
Catalan
roques efusives
Wikidata

Rock composing or associated with volcanoes or volcanic activity.

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Usage of volcanic rocks in English
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The heat in the sun was oppressive on those volcanic rocks.
Across Unknown South America
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The stoves use heat-holding volcanic rocks broken down to the size of charcoal.
Reuters
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Sometimes there was a little coralline limestone, but no volcanic rocks.
The Malay Archipelago, Volume 2 / The Land of the Orang-utan and...
4
The larger, darker forms are dunes made of dust from dark volcanic rocks.
Wired
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The Catoctin schist is geographically the most important of the volcanic rocks of Loudoun.
History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virgini...
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Here I saw for the first and only time, in this peninsula, volcanic rocks.
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
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They said the volcanic rocks stretched "to the horizon on all sides".
BBC
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The clatter of jagged volcanic rocks announced Leoman's approach.
Orb Sceptre Throne
9
When magmas reach the surface red hot, they form extrusive rocks, such as volcanic rocks.
Let's Collect Rocks and Shells
10
Some past beers have featured unusual ingredients like cornflakes, seawater, cardamom and super-heated volcanic rocks.
Radio NZ
11
And he caught a finger between two volcanic rocks.
The Irish Times
12
The volcanic rocks are lying under the coral, which has been gradually thrust upwards by them.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan...
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This tribal remnant sought the refuge of the impenetrable brush and volcanic rocks of Deer Creek Canyon.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
14
We negotiated successfully two small rapids with large volcanic rocks just under the surface of the water.
Across Unknown South America
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We found the shore lined with black volcanic rocks, among which there was some difficulty in landing.
In the Eastern Seas
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West of the great valley the range is composed of Mesozoic beds, together with Tertiary volcanic rocks.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28