hornito

English

Etymology

Diminutive from Spanish horno (“oven”), Latin furnus. See furnace.

Noun

hornito (plural hornitos or hornitoes)

  1. (geology) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, emitting smoke and vapours from its sides and summit.
    • 1832, The travels and researches of Alexander von Humboldt:
      When Humboldt visited this place, the natives assured him that the heat of the hornitos had formerly been much greater. The thermometer rose to 203° when placed in the fissures exhaling aqueous vapour.

Anagrams

Spanish

Noun

hornito m (plural hornitos)

  1. Diminutive of horno
  2. hornito
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