[ˈmaɡmə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
(e.g: when red-hot magma comes into contact with seawater, an explosion results)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘residue of dregs after evaporation or pressing of a semi-liquid substance’): via Latin from Greek magma (from massein ‘knead’)