caldera
noun
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
calderas
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pluralof caldera.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The proposed magma re-injection model aligns with observations of large, shallow magma systems beneath other major calderas such as Yellowstone and Toba.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
Earth MRI has already shown that lithium prospectors need not stick to calderas.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 1, 2023
But more modest levels of internal heating have given the moon a subsurface ocean and an icy crust rather than lava-spewing calderas.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 24, 2023
Relics of primordial geological violence are everywhere: plunging rifts and canyons, volcanic calderas, ancient lava flow and a vast, surreal, white desert, almost lunar.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
The lava in the calderas boils because of escaping steam, but the vapor emitted is comparatively little, and seldom hangs above the summits in heavy clouds.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
