how to pronounce lava

/ˈlɑː.və/

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lava is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of lava in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… but these lava lamps are so chaotic that …”

meaning of lava

Lava is molten rock that is erupted from a volcano.

lava frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word lava occurs in english on average 4.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lava can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lava can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;