vol.

American  

abbreviation

1. volcano.

2. volume.

3. volunteer.

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vol. British  

abbreviation

1. volcano

2. volume

3. volunteer

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Example Sentences

“We also released The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids, vol. 10,” the publisher advises Inside the Beltway.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2023

The first published recipe for tomato ketchup was written in 1812 by Philadelphia scientist and horticulturalist James Mease in his “Archives of Useful Knowledge, vol. 2.”

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2018

Its chief author calls it simply "the female volume," and writes this "?vol.," using the scientist's universal symbol, the mirror of Venus, for the female.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fuller, in his Church History, vol. ii p. 208., edit.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

I would state that I have not been able to find it; but in Cockeram's English Dictionarie, 1639, I find "Infortunate, unhappy;" and in Bailey's Dictionary, vol. i.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various