mud volcano


noun
  1. a vent in the earth's surface through which escaping gas and vapor issue, causing mud to boil and occasionally to overflow, forming a conical mound around the vent.

Origin of mud volcano

1
First recorded in 1810–20

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How to use mud volcano in a sentence

  • With a final look at the place of the mud volcano the boys turned back toward camp.

  • Bart led the way toward the mud volcano, the location of which was now well fixed in the minds of the boys.

  • The ford just below the mud volcano was long used by the hunters and trappers who passed up and down the river.

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  • Accompanied with a violent noise, as on the eruption of a small mud-volcano, the upheaved earth is hurled high into the air.

  • It is a mud volcano—an uncommon sight, and formed by the ejection of sand under pressure from below the surface of the earth.

British Dictionary definitions for mud volcano

mud volcano

noun
  1. a cone-shaped mound formed from fine mud ejected, with gases and water, from hot springs, geysers, etc, in volcanic regions

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