Definitions for Caldera

Caldera cal·de·ra

Spelling: [kal-der-uh, kawl-]
IPA: /kælˈdɛr ə, kɔl-/

Caldera is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in Caldera (aacdelr).

Definitions for Caldera

noun

  1. a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.

Origin of Caldera

1860-65; Spanish Caldera, name of a crater on Canary Islands, literally, cauldron Late Latin caldāria, noun use of feminine of caldārius of warming; see caldarium

Examples for Caldera

I am a Frenchwoman, and was a passenger on board the 'caldera.'

View of the Isle of Palma, and of the entrance into the central cavity or caldera.

At the bottom of the large pit or caldera on the summit of Mt. Loa can be seen the level floor formed of hardened lava.

Since the caldera was formed there is no indication that the lavas have anywhere overflowed its rim.

However this may have been, caldera went to serve under Ancostan an officer of the king of Bisnagar.

Below lies the turquoise waters of the caldera, flecked with the white triangles of sailing boats.

I marvel now that the "caldera" should have lived through the storm.

caldera's wife was the only one that did not forget the accident.

Dutton gives the following description of the appearance of Halemaumau, the pit crater or caldera of Kilauea.

Situated at 5,400 feet, it's encircled by jagged peaks that make you feel you're cupped inside a caldera.

Word Value for Caldera
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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