block lava


nounGeology.
  1. basaltic lava in the form of a chaotic assemblage of angular blocks; aa.

Origin of block lava

1
First recorded in 1910–15

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British Dictionary definitions for block lava

block lava

noun
  1. volcanic lava occurring as rough-surfaced jagged blocks

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