Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun krakatau
1 sense of krakatau
Sense 1
Krakatau, Krakatao, Krakatoa -- (a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history)
INSTANCE OF=> volcano -- (a mountain formed by volcanic material)
INSTANCE OF=> island -- (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)