fumarole

noun

fu·ma·role ˈfyü-mə-ˌrōl

: a hole in a volcanic region from which hot gases and vapors issue

fumarolic

ˌfyü-mə-ˈrō-lik

adjective

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Don’t Miss: There are over 10,000 geysers, mud pots, hot springs, travertine terraces, and fumaroles in the 2.2-million-acre park — with Old Faithful, the Norris Geyser Basin, and Grand Prismatic Spring being three of the most popular sites to visit. —

Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2024 The herd was moving south, away from the lake and towards a geyser basin where the dirt was warm from underground volcanos, where openings in the earth breathed vapour from fumaroles. —

Hazlitt, 5 June 2024 Occasionally this volcano near Bellingham will show off a small fumarole (hot gas vent) that will get people's attention. —

Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2024 At the time, Lassen Peak was actively erupting, and there are still plenty of boiling mud pots, evil-smelling steam vents and fumaroles and poison lakes today. —

Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fumarole

Word History

Etymology

Italian fumarola, from Italian dialect (Neapolitan), from Late Latin fumariolum vent, from Latin fumarium smoke chamber for aging wine, from fumus

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of fumarole was in 1811

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