lava
lo vuh
- n rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
- The strategy: to redirect the lava from its southward path into a wide hollow, away from inhabited areas.
- The lava did stop just 210 m short of the water.
- She scooped up blood-red lava from the great holes of Mauna Loa, Kilauea, Hualalai, and poured it steaming across the island of Hawaii.