A fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt.
synonym: vent.
Roget 173:
violence,
inclemency,
vehemence,
might,
impetuosity;
boisterousness
etc.
adj.;
effervescence,
ebullition;
turbulence,
bluster;
uproar,
callithump [U.S.],
riot,
row,
rumpus,
le diable a quatre [Fr.],
devil to pay,
all the fat in the fire.
severity
etc.
739;
ferocity,
rage,
fury;
exacerbation,
exasperation,
malignity;
fit,
paroxysm;
orgasm,
climax,
aphrodisia†;
force,
brute force;
outrage;
coup de main;
strain,
shock,
shog†;
spasm,
convulsion,
throe;
hysterics,
passion
etc.
(state of excitability)
825.
outbreak,
outburst;
debacle;
burst,
bounce,
dissilience†,
discharge,
volley,
explosion,
blow up,
blast,
detonation,
rush,
eruption,
displosion†,
torrent.
turmoil
etc.
(disorder)
59;
ferment
etc.
(agitation)
315;
storm,
tempest,
rough weather;
squall
etc.
(wind)
349;
earthquake,
volcano,
thunderstorm.
berserk,
berserker;
fury,
dragon,
demon,
tiger,
beldame,
Tisiphone†,
Megaera,
Alecto†,
madcap,
wild beast;
fire eater
etc.
(blusterer)
887.
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Roget 386:
furnace,
stove,
kiln,
oven;
cracker;
hearth,
focus,
combustion chamber;
athanor†,
hypocaust†,
reverberatory;
volcano;
forge,
fiery furnace;
limekiln;
Dutch oven;
tuyere,
brasier†,
salamander,
heater,
warming pan;
boiler,
caldron,
seething caldron,
pot;
urn,
kettle;
chafing-dish;
retort,
crucible,
alembic,
still;
waffle irons;
muffle furnace,
induction furnace;
electric heater,
electric furnace,
electric resistance heat.
[steel-making furnace]
open-hearth furnace.
fireplace,
gas fireplace;
coal fire,
wood fire;
fire-dog,
fire-irons;
grate,
range,
kitchener;
caboose,
camboose†;
poker,
tongs,
shovel,
ashpan,
hob,
trivet;
andiron,
gridiron;
ashdrop;
frying-pan,
stew-pan,
backlog.
[area near a fireplace]
hearth,
inglenook.
[residential heating methods]
oil burner,
gas burner,
Franklin stove,
pot-bellied stove;
wood-burning stove;
central heating,
steam heat,
hot water heat,
gas heat,
forced hot air,
electric heat,
heat pump;
solar heat,
convective heat.
hothouse,
bakehouse†,
washhouse†;
laundry;
conservatory;
sudatory†;
Turkish bath,
Russian bath,
vapor bath,
steam bath,
sauna,
warm bath;
vaporarium†.
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Roget 667:
rocks,
reefs,
coral reef,
sunken rocks,
snags;
sands,
quicksands;
syrt†,
syrtis†;
Goodwin sands,
sandy foundation;
slippery ground;
breakers,
shoals,
shallows,
bank,
shelf,
flat,
lee shore,
ironbound coast;
rock ahead,
breakers ahead.
precipice;
maelstrom,
volcano;
ambush
etc.
530;
pitfall,
trapdoor;
trap
etc.
(snare)
545.
sword of Damocles;
wolf at the door,
snake in the grass,
death in the pot;
latency
etc.
526.
ugly customer,
dangerous person,
le chat qui dort [Fr.];
firebrand,
hornet's nest.
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Dutch: vulkaan, krater