hornito

American  

[hawr-nee-toh, awr-nee-taw] / hɔrˈni toʊ, ɔrˈni tɔ /

noun

Geology.

plural

hornitos

1. a low oven-shaped mound of congealed lava, common in some volcanic districts, emitting hot smoke and vapors in the final stages of activity.

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hornito Scientific  

/ hôr-nē′tō /

1. A low mound of matter ejected from a volcano, sometimes emitting smoke or vapor.

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Etymology

Origin of hornito

1820–30; < Spanish, equivalent to horn ( o ) oven (< Latin furnus, fornus; see furnace) + -ito diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

Every minute or so, bursts of black beads splashed out of the hornito, tumbling down the sides.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

It was Sergeant Cardono, who moved about whistling softly, now attending to the steaming olla, now watching the rising bread in the hornito.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)