火山口 — meaning in English

English meaning

• crater noun A bowl-shaped hollow in the ground, caused by an explosion, impact, or volcanic activity.

Senses

火山口 is used for these senses in English:

• crater (geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s]
• crater The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb. [from 1839]

crater — full definition

1. noun A bowl-shaped hollow in the ground, caused by an explosion, impact, or volcanic activity.
2. verb To collapse or fail suddenly and completely.

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