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Definition of Pele's hair in English: Pele's hairnounˈpɛleɪzˌpelāz ˈher mass nounFine threads of volcanic glass, formed when a spray of lava droplets cools rapidly in the air. Example sentencesExamples - We slip away, hand-in-hand, down to the boats under the rain of pumice and Pele's hair.
- Known locally as Pele's hair (for the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele) it collects in crevices and behind small rocks in the vicinity of an active flow.
- Pele's hair is gold in color and has a diameter of less than half a millimeter.
Origin Mid 19th century: translating Hawaiian lauohu o Pele, Pele being the goddess of volcanoes in Hawaiian mythology. Definition of Pele's hair in US English: Pele's hairnounˌpelāz ˈher Fine threads of volcanic glass, formed when a spray of lava droplets cools rapidly in the air. Example sentencesExamples - Known locally as Pele's hair (for the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele) it collects in crevices and behind small rocks in the vicinity of an active flow.
- Pele's hair is gold in color and has a diameter of less than half a millimeter.
- We slip away, hand-in-hand, down to the boats under the rain of pumice and Pele's hair.
Origin Mid 19th century: translating Hawaiian lauohu o Pele, Pele being the goddess of volcanoes in Hawaiian mythology. |