Pāhoehoe is an English word with synonyms like lava. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pāhoehoe in a sentence
Pāhoehoe meaning
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.
Synonyms of Pāhoehoe
Using Pāhoehoe
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: lava.
Context around Pāhoehoe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pāhoehoe
- In this selection, "pāhoehoe" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, perched, lava and flow stand out and add context to how "pāhoehoe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a perched pāhoehoe flow 20 and erupt as pāhoehoe since they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pāhoehoe" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pāhoehoe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Previous work by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) scientists published in 1994 measured the cooling rate of pāhoehoe lava at Kalapana. (20 words)
Pāhoehoe is characterized by its smooth and often ropey or wrinkly surface and is generally formed from more fluid lava flows. (21 words)
The fountains fed a perched pāhoehoe flow 20-40 feet thick, and ultimately a flow that had turned south toward the coast last night. (24 words)
Usually, only mafic flows will erupt as pāhoehoe, since they often erupt at higher temperatures or have the proper chemical make-up to allow them to flow with greater fluidity. (30 words)
The fountains fed a perched pāhoehoe flow 20-40 feet thick, and ultimately a flow that had turned south toward the coast last night. (24 words)
Pāhoehoe is characterized by its smooth and often ropey or wrinkly surface and is generally formed from more fluid lava flows. (21 words)
Example sentences (4)
Previous work by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) scientists published in 1994 measured the cooling rate of pāhoehoe lava at Kalapana.
The fountains fed a perched pāhoehoe flow 20-40 feet thick, and ultimately a flow that had turned south toward the coast last night.
Pāhoehoe is characterized by its smooth and often ropey or wrinkly surface and is generally formed from more fluid lava flows.
Usually, only mafic flows will erupt as pāhoehoe, since they often erupt at higher temperatures or have the proper chemical make-up to allow them to flow with greater fluidity.