Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A broad, shallow, generally flat-floored volcanic crater of explosive origin that is often filled with water.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In geology:
  • noun A local German name originally applied to certain small crater-lakes in the recently extinct volcanic region of the Eifel, near Bonn, on the Rhine. The craters were believed to have resulted from explosive outbreaks, without emissions of lava.
  • noun Technically, any crater which has been produced by an explosion unaccompanied by lava.

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  • noun a broad volcanic crater, usually filled with a lake

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German, from Vulgar Latin *mara, standing water, lake, from Latin mare, sea; see mare.]

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From dialectal German Maar.

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  • 1) Verb

    2) Kill

    Example :

    vinchuk Hani maar = Kill the scorpian by beat

    Kuski maar = Stub to kill

    pishLaak maar = kill the mosquito

    August 15, 2010