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EXCELSIOR

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Dictionary entry overview: What does excelsior mean?

• EXCELSIOR (noun)
The noun EXCELSIOR has 1 sense:

1. thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing

Familiarity information: EXCELSIOR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EXCELSIOR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

excelsior; wood shavings

Hypernyms ("excelsior" is a kind of...):

packing; packing material; wadding (any material used especially to protect something)

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