Noun
Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste.
A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol.
A salve or confection of thick consistency.
The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
The glassy base of an eruptive rock.
The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma of porphyry.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen you think about rock at its origin, and you think of the Beatles and millions of kids screaming as loud as they can and running as fast as they can towards the Beatles, there's no one who is that kind of lightning rod, who commands that kind of power and has that kind of creative magma. Jack Black
Hold me in your arms, lava lamp! Let me seek magma comfort and peace in the warmth of your kryptonite embrace. Isabel Yosito
Sadly, I hate foreigners. And Americans. And animals. And flora, and some fauna. Also the magma that is the very core of this our mother earth. I'm full o' hate! Joss Whedon
Kaizen is like a hotbed that nurtures small and ongoing changes, while innovation is like magma that appears in abrupt eruptions from time to time. Masaaki Imai
A cemented steel case was constructed in the hole with a perforation at the bottom close to the magma. Source: Internet
Additional monitoring equipment was installed and several geophysical surveys were conducted to try to detect the movement of magma. Source: Internet