Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Vesuvius | Yes | No | No | No |
volcano | Yes | No | No | No |
Vesuvius (noun) | volcano (noun) |
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a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944 | a mountain formed by volcanic material |
a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt |