"lava tube" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lava tubes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lava tube (plural lava tubes)
  1. A natural conduit formed by flowing lava that moves beneath the hardened surface of a lava flow. Wikipedia link: lava tube Categories (topical): Volcanology Related terms: skylight Translations (natural conduit): 熔岩管 (róngyánguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), lavatunnel [masculine] (Dutch), laavatunneli (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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