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magma

mag·ma

magma

 
pronunciation:
maeg m
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part of speech: noun
inflections: magmas, magmata
definition: hot, liquid matter beneath the earth's surface that cools to form igneous rock. Magma that reaches the earth's surface, as when a volcano erupts, is called lava.
 
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