pahoehoe
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
/pəˈhəʊihəʊi/(UK)
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/pəˈhəʊihəʊi/(UK) · /pəˈhoʊ.i.hoʊ.i/(US) · /pɑːˈhoʊ.eɪ.hoʊ.eɪ/(US)
Definition of pahoehoe
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A form of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface. It is one of two chief forms of lava flow emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type, the other form being aa.
“We [...] saw ‘pahoihoi’ or solid lava forming, and also ‘aa’ or clinkers.”
“The twisty, ropy kind that personifies flow – all congealed motion – is called pahoehoe.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Hawaiian pāhoehoe.
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