Etna
['ɛtnə]
Definition
(noun.) an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet).
Edited by Eva--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
Checker: Sinclair
Definition
n. a vessel for heating water &c. at table or in the sick-room in a cup placed in a saucer is which alcohol is burned.—adj. è‹©nē′an.
Inputed by Dan
Examples
- Hall next experimented with lava f rom Vesuvius, Etna, Iceland, and elsewhere, and found that it behaved like whinstone. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Martin grinned as he toiled up the steep, encumbered field, difficult to the foot as a slope in the upper realms of Etna. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Martha