hornito

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10
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10
Letters
7

Definition of hornito

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, emitting smoke and vapours from its sides and summit.
    “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.”

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Etymology

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

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